Author : Paul C. Mangelsdorf
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,52 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780674421691
Corn is among the most familiar of grains; it is also one of the most mysterious. In this handsomely illustrated book, Mangelsdorf summarizes the work of a lifetime devoted to unraveling the enigma of corn.
Author : Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 18,76 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Science
ISBN :
The modern corn plant; Theories on the origin of maize; Teosinte, the closest relative of maize; The genetic nature of teosinte; Thipsacum, a more distant relative of corn; Corn's old word relatives; Pod corn, the ancestral form; The nature of the pod-corn locus; Races of maize; The concept of lineages; The role of hybridization in corn's evolution; Mutations; Genetic drift and selection; Archaeological evidence of corn's evolution; Prehistoric wild corn and fossil pollen; Corn in prehistoric art; Corn's spread to the old world; The prehistoric and moderns improvement of maize; The nature of heterosis; Modern breeding techniques.
Author : Timothy J. Motley
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 35,85 MB
Release : 2006-01-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231508094
Darwin's Harvest addresses concerns that we are losing the diversity of crop plants that provide food for most of the world. With contributions from evolutionary biologists, geneticists, agronomists, molecular biologists, and anthropologists, this collection discusses how economic development, loss of heirloom varieties and wild ancestors, and modern agricultural techniques have endangered the genetic diversity needed to keep agricultural crops vital and capable of adaptation. Drawing on the most up-to-date data, the contributors review the utilization of molecular techniques to understand crop evolution. They explore current research on various crop plants of both temperate and tropical origin, including maize, sunflower, avocado, sugarcane, and wheat. The chapters in Darwin's Harvest also provide solid background for understanding many recent discoveries concerning the origins of crops and the influence of human migration and farming practices on the genetics of our modern foods.
Author : Sergio O. Serna-Saldivar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 45,27 MB
Release : 2018-11-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0128118865
Corn: Chemistry and Technology, Third Edition, provides a broad perspective on corn from expert agronomists, food scientists and geneticists. This encyclopedic storehouse of comprehensive information on all aspects of the world's largest crop (in metric tons) includes extensive coverage of recent development in genetic modification for the generation of new hybrids and genotypes. New chapters highlight the importance of corn as a raw material for the production of fuel bioethanol and the emerging topic of phytochemicals or nutraceutical compounds associated to different types of corns and their effect on human health, especially in the prevention of chronic diseases and cancer. Written by international experts on corn, and edited by a highly respected academics, this new edition will remain the industry standard on the topic. - Presents new chapters that deal with specialty corns, the production of first generation bioethanol, and the important relationship of corn phytochemicals or nutraceuticals with human health - Provides contributions from a new editor and a number of new contributors who bring a fresh take on this highly successful volume - Includes vastly increased content relating to recent developments in genetic modification for the generation of new hybrids and genotypes - Contains encyclopedic coverage of grain chemistry and nutritional quality of this extensively farmed product - Covers the production and handling of corn, with both food and non-food applications
Author : Betty Harper Fussell
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826335920
In an authoritative, wise, and wholly original blend of social history, art, science, and anthropology, Fussell tells the story of corn in a narrative that is as uniquely hybrid as her subject. The great epic of this amazing grain makes clear that all the civilizations of the Western hemisphere have been built on corn. 250 photos and line drawings.
Author : C. Wayne Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 48,89 MB
Release : 2004-03-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780471411840
Your all-in-one guide to corn. This book provides practical advice on planting techniques and rates, seed production, treating plant diseases, insect infestation and weeds, harvesting, processing, and worldwide utilization. This is the fourth, and final, volume in the series of comprehensive references on the major crops of the world. Covers new biotechnology techniques for plant breeding and pest management Provides practical advice on planting techniques and rates, seed production, treating plant diseases, insect infestation and weeds, harvesting, processing and worldwide utilization.
Author : John Staller
Publisher : Left Coast Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 25,68 MB
Release : 2006-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1598744623
Histories of Maize is the most comprehensive reference source on the botanical, genetic, archaeological, and anthropological aspects of ancient maize published to date.
Author : John Staller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,40 MB
Release : 2009-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3642045065
Our perceptions and conceptions regarding the roles and importance of maize to ancient economies is largely a product of scientific research on the plant itself, developed for the most part out of botanical research, and its recent role as one of the most important economic staples in the world. Anthropological research in the early part of the last century based largely upon the historical particularistic approach of the Boasian tradition provided the first evidence that challenged the assumptions about the economic importance of maize to sociocultural developments for scholars of prehistory. Subsequent ethnobotanic and archaeological studies showed that the role of maize among Native American cultures was much more complex than just as a food staple. In Maize Cobs and Cultures, John Staller provides a survey of the ethnohistory and the scientific, botanical and biological research of maize, complemented by reviews on the ethnobotanic, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodologies.
Author : Gunnar Thompson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 18,97 MB
Release : 2010-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0557303087
Most important book since Darwin's "Origin of the Species." Narrative history tells how modern detectives uncovered evidence of maize (or Indian Corn) in tombs & temples of Egypt. Until January 2010, all the encyclopedias and most history profs believed there was no maize in Egypt or anywhere else in the Old World until after Columbus. Describes over 400 corncobs found in scientific study of museum collections at Met, Louvre, British Museum, Cairo Museum, etc. Fully illustrated, easty to understand, includes Appendices, Bibliography, and Index. A beautiful coffee-table book that is certain to inspire many conversations with friends. Proves Egyptian & Nubian voyages to Mexico 3,000 years before Columbus.
Author : Noel Kingsbury
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 31,5 MB
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0226437132
"Noel Kingsbury reveals that even those imaginary perfect foods are themselves far from anything that could properly be called natural, rather, they represent the end of a millennia-long history of selective breeding and hybridization. Starting his story at the birth of agriculture, Kingsbury traces the history of human attempts to make plants more reliable, productive, and nutritiousa story that owes as much to accident and error as to innovation and experiment. Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, Kingsbury shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs and thus led us from sparse wild grasses to succulent corn cobs, and from mealy, white wild carrots to the juicy vegetables we enjoy today. At the same time, Kingsbury reminds us that contemporary controversies over the Green Revolution and genetically modified crops are not new, plant breeding has always had a political dimension."--Publisher's description.
