Harlan's crops and man : people, plants and their domestication / / H. Thomas Stalker, Marilyn Warburton, and Jack Harlan

• Autore: Stalker H. T (Harold Thomas), <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2021]; ©2021
• Edizione: Third edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 633
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture - History; Crops - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HarlanJack R (Jack Rodney); WarburtonMarilyn
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Prologue: The Golden Age -- Crop Evolution -- The Hunter-Gatherer Stereotype -- What Do Gatherers Eat? -- Grass Seeds (Potential Cereals) -- Legumes (Potential Pulses) -- Root and Tuber Plants -- Oil Plants -- Fruits and Nuts -- Vegetables -- Summary -- Understanding Life Cycles of Plants -- General Botanical Knowledge -- Manipulation of Vegatation -- Food Plants in Ritual and Ceremony -- On Sharing the Bounty -- Population Control and the Aged -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2 Views on Agricultural Origins -- Agriculture as Divine Gift -- Domestication for Religious Reasons -- Domestication by Crowding -- Agriculture as Discovery -- Agriculture by Stress -- Agriculture as an Extension of Gathering -- Domestication by Perception -- A No-Model Model -- Geography of Plant Domestication -- An Ecological Approach -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 What Is a Crop? -- Definitions -- Intermediate States -- Baobab Tree -- Acacia -- Karité Tree -- Oil Palm -- Sago Palm -- Ethiopian Oats -- Additional Examples -- A Short List of Cultivated Plants -- Crops That Feed the World -- References -- Chapter 4 What Is a Weed? -- Definitions -- Intermediate States -- Crop-Weed Complexes -- Some Weed Adaptations -- Weeds and History -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Classification of Cultivated Plants -- Botanical Descriptions and Names -- Problems of Formal Taxonomy -- The Gene Pool System -- Species -- Subspecies -- Evolutionary Implications -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 The Dynamics of Domestication -- Domestication of Seed Crops -- Cereals -- Other Seed Crops -- Domestication of Vegetatively Reproduced Crops -- Vegetative Propagation -- Grafting -- Ornamentals -- Summary -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Space, Time, and Variation. ; Kinds of Patterns of Variation -- Endemic -- Semiendemic -- Monocentric -- Oligocentric -- Noncentric -- Noncentric Crops -- Diffuse Origins -- Microcenters -- Landrace Populations -- Implications for Plant Breeding -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8 The Near East -- Introduction -- Archaeological Prelude -- A Note About Dating Archaeological Sites -- Archaeological Sequence of Village Sites -- Spread of Agriculture Out of the Nuclear Area -- Recorded History -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9 Indigenous African Agriculture -- Introduction -- Archaeological Prelude -- A Savanna Complex -- Crop Competition and Distribution -- Recorded History -- Décrue Agriculture -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10 The Far East -- Archaeological Prelude -- Recorded History -- Far Eastern Crops -- Northern China -- Eastern China Coastal Plain -- Southern China -- Asia and South Pacific -- The Millets -- Soybean -- Rice -- Sugarcane -- Bananas and Plantains -- Coconut -- Orange -- Mango -- Yams -- Hunter-Gatherers of Japan -- Plant Domestication in India -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11 The Americas -- Archaeology -- The Crops -- Cereals -- Beans -- Tomato -- Squash -- Sunflower -- Peppers -- Peanut -- Root and Tuber Crops -- Sweet Potato -- Cotton -- Tobacco -- Rubber -- Fruits, Nuts, and Ornamentals -- Forage Legumes -- Indigenous Americans as Biochemists -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12 Epilogue: Who's in Charge Here? -- References -- EULA.
• Titolo autorizzato: Harlan's crops and man
• ISBN: 0-89118-636-0; 0-89118-634-4; 0-89118-635-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910555042603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Bks.