The strength of this book is that it is written by someone who has spent a lifetime devoted to the science of economic botany. The author has brought together h

Contents: Origins of Agriculture, Foods from Leaves, Stems, and Roots, Forest Products: Wood and Cork, Fibres, Fruits of Warm Regions, Fruits of Temperate Regio

"Provides vivid information about the history of plant exploration, migration, domestication, distribution and crop improvement"--