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The Origin and Domestication of Cultivated Plants: Symposium Proceedings
Author(s): C. Barigozzi
- Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Dec. 1986
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 0444427031
- ISBN-13: 9780444427038
Book Description
This book consists of the proceedings of a symposium organized by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome. The proceedings are unusual in that it is a rare event to see archaeologists and geneticists coming together to discuss the connection between historical facts and biological phenomena. The aim of the symposium was to discuss the origin of some important cultivated plants (wheat, maize, barley, oat, legumes and fruit trees) not only in relation to genetical mechanisms but also as a complex of historical facts recognizable through archaeological research. This international Meeting based on interdisciplinary concepts, met with a prompt and positive reaction from all those specialists invited to attend. The book itself is an unparalleled contribution to the interdisciplinary knowledge on the origin of crop plants and agriculture.
