Patterns and processes in crop domestication: An historical review and quantitative analysis of 203 global food crops

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-48

  Meyer, Rachel S ^a,b   Duval, Ashley E ^c   Jensen, Helen R ^d  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Center of origin; Conservation; Domestication; Domestication syndrome; Ethnobotanical uses; Food crops; Life history; Selection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ANCESTRY; CROP PLANT; CULTURAL TRADITION; DATA SET; DOMESTICATION; ETHNOBOTANY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRASS; HISTORICAL RECORD; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CROP; FOOD; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORY; PLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TIME;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PLOIDIES; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

POACEAE;

EID: 84865573461     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04253.x     Document Type: Review

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