PLB143: Evolution of Crop Plants

General References (and their call numbers, when available)

* Text for this course.


• Bellwood P. 2005. First farmers: the origins of agricultural societies. Blackwell, Oxford. GN799.A4 B45 2005
• Brown AHD et al. 1989. The use of plant genetic resources. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK. SB123.3.U84 1989
• Brush SB. 2004. Farmer's bounty. Yale Univ. Press.  SB123.3 .B78 2004
• Chapman GP. 1992. Grass evolution and domestication. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK. QK495.G74 G734 1992
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• Darwin C. 1859. The origin of species. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA (1979) QH365.O2 1859a
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• Diamond J. 1997. Guns, germs, and steel. Norton, NY.   HM206. D48 1997
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