On the 'lost' crops of the neolithic Near East

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 815-822

  Abbo, Shahal ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^b   Heun, Manfred ^c   Gopher, Avi ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Core area; multiple domestications; rye domestication; wild lentil; wild pea

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; LENTIL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; LENS PLANT; MIDDLE EAST; POACEAE; SEEDS;

EID: 84874729939     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers373     Document Type: Review

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