Book ID: 88628
Motley, Timothy J., Nyree Zerega and H.Cross (eds.)
Darwin's Harvest. New Approaches to the Origins, Evolution, and Conservation Crops. 2006. illus. X, 390 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
The contributors tothis new volume discuss how economic development, loss of heirloomvarieties and wild ancestors, and modern agricultural techniques haveendangered the genetic diversity needed to keep agricultural crops vitaland capable of adaptation.