LEADER 03303nam 22006854a 450 001 9910807681403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-14902-0 010 $a9786611149024 010 $a1-4356-2129-8 010 $a0-19-920713-5 010 $a0-19-152582-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000293045 035 $a(EBL)728959 035 $a(OCoLC)191050253 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088696 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11108046 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088696 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10089005 035 $a(PQKB)10139716 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073912 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728959 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL728959 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194209 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114902 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000293045 100 $a20070425d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPeople, plants, and genes $ethe story of crops and humanity /$fDenis J. Murphy 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (426 p.) 225 1 $aOxford biology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-920714-3 311 $a0-19-170889-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 288-390) and index. 327 $aEarly human societies and their plants -- Plant management and agriculture -- How some people became farmers -- Plant genomes -- Fluid genomes, uncertain species, and the genetics of crop domestication -- The domestication of cereal crops -- The domestication of non-cereal crops -- People and the emergence of crops -- Agriculture : a mixed blessing -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : I The Near East -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : II south and east Asia -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : III Africa, Europe, and the Americas -- Crop management in the classical and medieval periods -- Agricultural improvement and the rise of crop breeding -- Imperial botany and the early scientific breeders -- Agricultural improvement in modern times -- The future of agriculture and humanity. 330 $aThis book provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of human-plant interactions and their social consequences from the hunter-gatherers of the Palaeolithic Era to the 21st century molecular manipulation of crops. It links the latest advances in molecular genetics, climate research and archaeology to give a new perspective on the evolution of agriculture and complex human societies across the world. Even today, our technologically advanced societies still rely on plants forbasic food needs, not to mention clothing, shelter, medicines and tools. This special relationship has tied toget 410 0$aOxford biology. 517 1 $aPeople, plants, & genes 606 $aCrops 606 $aCrops$xGenetics 606 $aPlant biotechnology 615 0$aCrops. 615 0$aCrops$xGenetics. 615 0$aPlant biotechnology. 676 $a630 700 $aMurphy$b Denis J$0313038 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807681403321 996 $aPeople, plants, and genes$9806708 997 $aUNINA