Joseph Hutchinson

Evolutionary Studies in World Crops

Diversity and Change in the Indian Subcontinent
Herausgeber: Hutchinson, Joseph

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An account of the evolution and principles involved in breeding crops grown in the tropics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780521117609
• ISBN-10: 0521117607
• Artikelnr.: 26331185

Inhaltsangabe

Preface J. B. Hutchinson
Part I. The Beginnings of Agriculture: 1. Palaeobotanical evidence in India Vishnu-Mittre
Part II. Crops of West Asia: 2. Wheat M. V. Rao
3. Barley J. S. Bakshi and R. S. Rana
Part III. Crops of South Asia and Africa: 4. Rice S. V. S. Shastry and S. D. Sharma
5. Job's tears A. K. Koul
6. Rape and mustard A. Narain
7. Castor A. Narain
8. Pigeon pea D. N. De
9. Cotton V. Santhanam and J. B. Hutchinson
10. Okra A. B. Joshi, V. R. Gadwal and M. W. Hardas
11. Solanum nigrum S. L. Tandon and G. R. Rao
Part IV. Crops of the New World: 12. Maize K. R. Sarkar, B. K. Mukherjee, D. Gupta and H. K. Jain
13. Grain amaranths M. Pal and T. N. Khoshoo
14. Potato M. D. Upadhya
Part V. Review: 15. Crop plant evolution in the Indian subcontinent J. B. Hutchinson
16. The challenge of the new agriculture J. B. Hutchinson
References
Index.