Murphy, Denis J. <br/><br/>
People, plants, and genes :  the story of crops and humanity / 
 People, plants, & genes 
Denis J. Murphy. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2007. 
 - xxiv, 401 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
 - Oxford biology .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-390) and index. 
<br/><br/>Early human societies and their plants -- Plant management and agriculture -- How some people became farmers -- Plant genomes -- Fluid genomes, uncertain species, and the genetics of crop domestication -- The domestication of cereal crops -- The domestication of non-cereal crops -- People and the emergence of crops -- Agriculture : a mixed blessing -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : I The Near East -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : II south and east Asia -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : III Africa, Europe, and the Americas -- Crop management in the classical and medieval periods -- Agricultural improvement and the rise of crop breeding -- Imperial botany and the early scientific breeders -- Agricultural improvement in modern times -- The future of agriculture and humanity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199207145  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Crops.<br/>Crops--Genetics.<br/>Plant biotechnology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>630 MUR