Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective / edited by J.E. Hernández Bermejo and J. León.
Series: FAO plant production and protection series ; no. 26Publication details: Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1994.Description: xxii, 341 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9251032173
- 9789251032176
- Plants and civilization -- South America
- Plants and civilization -- Central America
- Plants and civilization -- Spain
- Heirloom varieties (Plants) -- South America
- Heirloom varieties (Plants) -- Central America
- Heirloom varieties (Plants) -- Spain
- Indians of South America -- Ethnobotany
- Indians of Central America -- Ethnobotany
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Plant genetic resources of the New world
Introduction of flora from the old world and causes of crop marginalization
Agriculture in Meso America
Domesticated plants and neglected crops in Mesoamerica
Beans
Cucurbits
Chayote
Custard apples
Grain amaranths
Sapote
Spanish plum, red mombin
Tomatillo, husk-tomato
Andean agriculture
Negleted crops of the andean region
Andean grains and legumes
Andean tubers
Andean roots
Andean fruits
Amozonian and Caribbean Agriculture
crops of the amazon and Orinoco regions: their origin, decline and future
Cupucu
species of paulinia with economic potential
subtropical myrtaceae
Araza
Feijoa
Guinea arrowroot
Mate
Tannia, yautia
Across the Atlantic: Spain
Processes and causes of marginalization: the introduction of American flora in spain
Grain legumes for animal feed
Traditional varieties of grain legumes for human consumption
Neglected horticultural crops
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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