Plant evolution and the origin of crop species /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hancock, James F. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
Edition:	3rd edition.
Subjects:	Crops > Evolution. Crops > Origin. Plants > Evolution. Biological Resources (Plant) Field Crops, (New March 2000) Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000) Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002) Plant Breeding and Genetics. Plant Morphology and Structure. Plant Production. Taxonomy and Evolution. Agriculture. Cereals. Chromosome number. Conservation. Domestication. Evolution. Fibre plants. Fruit crops. Genes. Genetic variation. Genomes. Genomics. Germplasm. In situ conservation. Oil plants. Origin. Plant genetic resources. Polyploidy. Speciation. Starch crops. Sugar crops. Vegetables. Electronic books.
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Description
Abstract:	This book is divided into two parts. Part 1 deals with the evolutionary processes, describing the chromosome structure, genetic variation, multifactorial genome, polyploidy, gene duplication and speciation. Part 2 deals with the origins of agriculture and the dynamics of plant domestication, covering some cereal grains, protein plants, starchy staple and sugar crops, as well as fruit, vegetable, fibre and oil crops. A chapter on ex situ and in situ conservation of germplasm resources is included.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 245 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
DOI:	10.1079/9781845938017.0000
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