Author: Edwin John WellhausenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
History of maize classification. How races used in classification. Geographical distribution. Existing races of maize in Mexico.
Races of Maize in Mexico
Author: Edwin John WellhausenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
History of maize classification. How races used in classification. Geographical distribution. Existing races of maize in Mexico.
Corn: Its Origin, Evolution, and Improvement
Author: Paul Christoph MangelsdorfPublisher: Belknap Press
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The modern corn plant; Theories on the origin of maize; Teosinte, the closest relative of maize; The genetic nature of teosinte; Thipsacum, a more distant relative of corn; Corn's old word relatives; Pod corn, the ancestral form; The nature of the pod-corn locus; Races of maize; The concept of lineages; The role of hybridization in corn's evolution; Mutations; Genetic drift and selection; Archaeological evidence of corn's evolution; Prehistoric wild corn and fossil pollen; Corn in prehistoric art; Corn's spread to the old world; The prehistoric and moderns improvement of maize; The nature of heterosis; Modern breeding techniques.
Maydica
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Journal devoted to maize and allied species.
Behavior & Society
Author: Archaeological Excavations in the Northern Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico
Author: Robert Hill ListerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chihuahua (Mexico : State)
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Journal of Ethnobiology
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal remains (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
University of Colorado Studies
Author: University of ColoradoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Farmers? Bounty
Author: Stephen B. BrushPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300130147
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
div Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important to the economic health of both industrial and nonindustrial societies. This book offers a sweeping assessment of crop diversity and the potential for its preservation. Stephen B. Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge and practice of farmers, and he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to three global issues that affect crop resources. Brush defines the dimensions of crop diversity and outlines the essential questions surrounding it. He describes the techniques used to maintain diversity in major crops of three cradles of agriculture in which he has worked: potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in Mexico, and wheat in Turkey. Finally, he explores the policy issues surrounding genetic erosion of crop varieties, conservation of crop diversity, and ownership of genetic resources. /DIV
Government Reports Annual Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government reports announcements & index
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Managing Global Genetic Resources
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309131863
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This anchor volume to the series Managing Global Genetic Resources examines the structure that underlies efforts to preserve genetic material, including the worldwide network of genetic collections; the role of biotechnology; and a host of issues that surround management and use. Among the topics explored are in situ versus ex situ conservation, management of very large collections of genetic material, problems of quarantine, the controversy over ownership or copyright of genetic material, and more.