An exploration of the relationship between plants and people from early agriculture to modern-day applications of biotechnology in crop production, Plants and People: Origin and Development of Human-Plant Science Relationships covers the development of agricultural sciences from Roman times through the development of agricultural experiment station
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978-1-4987-0709-1 (9781498707091)
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Preface. Introduction. The Biology of Plants. The Evolution of Plants and People. The Early Uses of Plants. The Neolithic Revolution. Plants and the Rise of Empiricism in Antiquity. Plants and the Columbian Exchange. The Rise of the Land Grant Complex. The Hybrid Corn Revolution. The Green Revolution. Plant Biotechnology. The Malthusian Crisis. References. Index.
