The Nature of Crops读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 184页 | 2020 | CABI |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 39.95 | 2020-02-20 … | 2021-08-31 … | 19 |
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, The Nature of Crops takes you on a journey through our history with crop plants. Arranged into recurrent themes in plant domestication, The Nature of Crops 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!
作者简介John Warren is Director of Education at Aberystwyth University. He has an academic interest in the sex-life of plants and a recreational interest in all things edible. Formally a cocoa breeder, he worked on the world chocolate gene bank at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad. Whilst there he published scientific papers on the unusual sexual practices of Caribbean coco...
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