Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species

by James F. Hancock

This book is probably the only current volume to combine discussion of plant evolution with that of crop origins. The first edition was published in 1992 by Prentice-Hall, and has now been fully revised to reflect recent advances. Key features a description of the process of evolution
in native and cultivated populations of plants; a review of when and where major crops were domesticated; discussion of the subsequent development of crops over time; and greater integration of the information on evolution and crop origins compared to the first edition. The book is aimed at advanced
students and postgraduates.

Genres: Science

Hardcover

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Aysha Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very interesting an informative but not up to date and was very Eurocentric. At one point stating that it was more likely that plant seeds traveled over the ocean themselves between South America and Africa than the thought that people traveled and traded between the two pre-Columbus.