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* Chapter 13. Ten thousand years of crop evolution. Paul Gepts. In {{cite book | author = Chrispeels, Maarten J.; Sadava, David E. (editors) | title = Plants, Genes and Crop Biotechnology | edition = 2th ed. | publisher = Jones and Bartlett | year = 2003 | id = ISBN 0-7637-1586-7 }}
* Chapter 13. Ten thousand years of crop evolution. Paul Gepts. In {{cite book | author = Chrispeels, Maarten J.; Sadava, David E. (editors) | title = Plants, Genes and Crop Biotechnology | edition = 2th ed. | publisher = Jones and Bartlett | year = 2003 | id = ISBN 0-7637-1586-7 }}
* {{cite book | author = Diamond, Jared | title = Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years | edition = 1sh ed. | publisher = Vintage | year = 1997 | id = ISBN 0-09-939278-0 }}
* {{cite book | author = Diamond, Jared | title = Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years | edition = 1st ed. | publisher = Vintage | year = 1997 | id = ISBN 0-09-939278-0 }}
* {{cite book | author = Chapman, G. P. | title = Grass Evolution and Domestication | edition = 1sh ed. | publisher = Cambridge, U.K. | year = 1992 | id =  }}
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Revision as of 19:55, 3 December 2006

The origins of agriculture and domesticated crops are intertwined, and the change from a hunter-gatherer mode to tillage, sowing and harvesting was one of the major technologcal innovations of humankind. This occured some 10,000 years ago in several different locations, and involved the domestication of wild-relatives of the major crops (see History of Agriculture).

Domestication involves changes in the genetic makeup and morphological appearance of plants (and animals) but the wild-relatives of crop continue today to be important sources of genetic diversity and traits to protects domesticated crops from stresses and disease (see Plant breeding), and knowledge of crop origins is of significant practical importance.

Development of new crops (such as perennial ls) today has the potential to address some of the current environmental challenges such as better water and soil conservation.

Tracing the ancestors of crops

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Wheat domestication in the Middle East

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See also Wheat

Rice domestication in Asia and Western Africa

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See also Rice

Maize and bean domestication in the Americas

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See also Maize

Genetic events during domestication

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New crops by hybridisation and polyploidy

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See also Plant breeding


Further reading

  • Chapter 13. Ten thousand years of crop evolution. Paul Gepts. In Chrispeels, Maarten J.; Sadava, David E. (editors) (2003). Plants, Genes and Crop Biotechnology, 2th ed.. Jones and Bartlett. ISBN 0-7637-1586-7. 
  • Diamond, Jared (1997). Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years, 1st ed.. Vintage. ISBN 0-09-939278-0. 
  • de Candolle, A. (1992). Origin of Cultivated Plants, 1sh ed.. Cambridge, U.K.. 
  • Damania, A.,J., Valkoun, G. Willcox, and C. Qualset, eds. (1998). The Origins of Agriculture and Crop Domestication, 1st ed.. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syria. 
  • Frankel, O. H., A. H. D. Brown, and J.J. Burdon. (1995). The Conservation of Plant Biodiversity, 1st ed.. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.. 
  • Harlan J. R. (1992). Crops and Man, 2nd ed.. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI. 
  • Vavilov, N. I. (1997). Five Continents.. Rome: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute; St. Petersburg: N. I.Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Industry.. 
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