Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780642883759
Category : Wheat
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Bibliography on Wheat
Author: Bibliography of Wheat
Author: International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wheat
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Bibliography of Wheat
Author: International Maize And Wheat Improvement CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bibliography of Wheat
Author: Bibliography of Wheat
Author: Wheat bibliography from Southern Africa: Breeding, pathology and production -- Research and extension literature
Author: The Book of Wheat
Author: Peter Tracy DondlingerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Wheat Bibliography Available in the Pergamino Agricultural Experimental Station
Author: Argentina. Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria PergaminoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Book of Wheat
Author: Peter Tracy DondlingerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Amber Waves
Author: Catherine ZabinskiPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022655595X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A biography of a staple grain we often take for granted, exploring how wheat went from wild grass to a world-shaping crop. At breakfast tables and bakeries, we take for granted a grain that has made human civilization possible, a cereal whose humble origins belie its world-shaping power: wheat. Amber Waves tells the story of a group of grass species that first grew in scattered stands in the foothills of the Middle East until our ancestors discovered their value as a source of food. Over thousands of years, we moved their seeds to all but the polar regions of Earth, slowly cultivating what we now know as wheat, and in the process creating a world of cuisines that uses wheat seeds as a staple food. Wheat spread across the globe, but as ecologist Catherine Zabinski shows us, a biography of wheat is not only the story of how plants ensure their own success: from the earliest bread to the most mouthwatering pasta, it is also a story of human ingenuity in producing enough food for ourselves and our communities. Since the first harvest of the ancient grain, we have perfected our farming systems to grow massive quantities of food, producing one of our species’ global mega crops—but at a great cost to ecological systems. And despite our vast capacity to grow food, we face problems with undernourishment both close to home and around the world. Weaving together history, evolution, and ecology, Zabinski’s tale explores much more than the wild roots and rise of a now-ubiquitous grain: it illuminates our complex relationship with our crops, both how we have transformed the plant species we use as food, and how our society—our culture—has changed in response to the need to secure food sources. From the origins of agriculture to gluten sensitivities, from our first selection of the largest seeds from wheat’s wild progenitors to the sequencing of the wheat genome and genetic engineering, Amber Waves sheds new light on how we grow the food that sustains so much human life.