Introgressive Hybridization

Anderson, Edgar

History

Franklin Classics

"Once in a great while a popular scientific book opens a whole new field. Plants, Man and Life is such a book."—The New York Times What's the difference between wild and cultivated plants? Why has the study of cultivated plants been neglected, and why is so little known about the common plants that have endured since ancient times? This innovative ecological survey examines the long history of human and plant interactions. Author Edgar Anderson, a distinguished botanist, analyzes suggestive pieces of evidence in a reader-friendly narrative that recounts the origins and evolution of plant life with all the intrigue of a good detective story. In tracing the development of human influence on plant life, Anderson focuses particularly on crops, which he reveals as having started out as weeds--hybrids that sprang up from the dump heaps and gardens of early humans. His investigation of the tangled and continuing history of weeds and cultivated plants ranges from autumnal European greens and the American sunflower to backyard landscapes in developing countries, where fruit trees, flowers, vines, and vegetables mingle with the sources for fibers, poisons, narcotics, and other drugs.

Plants, Man and Life

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Dover Publications

A study of the interaction of plants and man also provides insight into the origins and development of contemporary wild and cultivated plants

Plants, Man, and Life

Univ. Of California Pr.

University of California Press

Studies of the natural history of cities, seashores, woodlands, and other places.

Landscape papers

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Turtle Island Foundation

Legare Street Press

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Andesite Press

Plants, Man and Life, first published in 1952, is an engaging look at important food and medicinal plants and their development by humans - from their origin in the wild to their cultivation in today's farms. The story of our cultivated plants is told by Anderson in a clear and reader-friendly manner, and Plants, Man and Life remains a classic, seminal work in the field of agriculture, botany, ecology. Included are 16 pages of illustrations.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Pathfinder Books

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Introgressive Hybridization

Plants, Man and Life

Plants, Man, and Life

Plants, Man and Life

Landscape papers

Introgressive Hybridization

Introgressive Hybridization

Introgressive Hybridization

Plants, Man and Life