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Tropical Forests and Their Crops
Nigel J. H. Smith
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Description for Tropical Forests and Their Crops
Paperback. Num Pages: 584 pages, 114, 24 maps, 80 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings, 2 charts. BIC Classification: TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 999.
The tropics are the source of many of our familiar fruits, vegetables, oils, and spice, as well as such commodities as rubber and wood. Moreover, other tropical fruits and vegetables are being introduced into our markets to offer variety to our diet. Now, as tropical forests are increasingly threatened, we face a double-fold crisis: not only the loss of the plants but also rich pools of potentially useful genes. Wild populations of crop plants harbor genes that can improve the productivity and disease resistance of cultivated crops, many of which are vital to developing economies and to global commerce. Eight ... Read more
The tropics are the source of many of our familiar fruits, vegetables, oils, and spice, as well as such commodities as rubber and wood. Moreover, other tropical fruits and vegetables are being introduced into our markets to offer variety to our diet. Now, as tropical forests are increasingly threatened, we face a double-fold crisis: not only the loss of the plants but also rich pools of potentially useful genes. Wild populations of crop plants harbor genes that can improve the productivity and disease resistance of cultivated crops, many of which are vital to developing economies and to global commerce. Eight ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801480584
SKU
V9780801480584
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Tropical Forests and Their Crops
This splendid book does much to remind us of the most significant legacy of the tropical rainforests. As repositories of germ plasm, sources of new crops and natural products, living laboratories where human ingenuity derives sustenance from the wild, these ancient forests serve not only the living but all the generations yet unborn. A vital book.
Wade Davis, ... Read more
Wade Davis, ... Read more