The Nature of Crops by John Warren
Have you ever wondered why we eat wheat, rice, potatoes and cassava? Why we routinely domesticate foodstuffs with the power to kill us, or why we chose almonds over acorns? Answering all these questions and more in a readable and friendly style, this book takes you on a journey through our history with crop plants. Arranged into recurrent themes in plant domestication, this book documents the history and biology of over 50 crops, including cereals, spices, legumes, fruits and cash crops such as chocolate, tobacco and rubber. In The Nature of Crops John Warren reveals: -Why the Egyptians worshipped onions; -Why red-flowering runner beans provide fewer beans than white-flowering; -The inherent dangers of being a pineapple worker; and -Why a bird will always beat you in a chilli pepper eating competition!
John Warren has had a career spread across three continents and many different agricultural systems. He has worked with farmers and growers from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the smallholder farmers and oil palm plantations of Papua New Guinea. Within education he was involved in teaching students from diploma level through to post-graduates, covering topics including: sustainable agriculture, countryside management, conservation, and ecological design. In 2016, he left Aberystwyth University where he had been Professor of Agri-Botany to become Vice Chancellor of the Papua New Guinea, University of Natural Resources and Environment. Since retiring, he runs a small holding in west Wales, trying to put into practice much of what he covered in lectures.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780645087 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780645082 |
| Title | The Nature of Crops |
| Author | John Warren |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | CABI Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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