Plantation Crops, Plunder and Power(1st Edition) Evolution and exploitation (Earthscan Food and Agriculture) by JamesF. Hancock Paperback, 210 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-28576-7, ISBN: 1-138-28576-5
"Over the last five centuries, plantation crops have represented the best and worst of industrialized agriculture – "best" through their agronomic productivity and global commercial success, and "worst" as examples of exploitative colonialism, conflict and ill-treatment of workers. This book traces the social, political and evolutionary history of seven major plantation crops – sugarcane, banana, cotton, tea, tobacco, coffee and rubber. ..."
Strawberries (Crop Production Science in Horticulture) by JamesF. Hancock Paperback, 287 Pages, Published 2020 by Cabi Publishing 2020-09-01 ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-227-0, ISBN: 1-78924-227-4
""This updated edition provides a broad, balanced review of the scientific knowledge of strawberries and their cultivation and reflects changes in methods of culture, taxonomy and genomic information and new diseases and pest control methods ..."
"The genetic variability that developed in plants during their evolution is the basis of their domestication and breeding into the crops grown today for food, fuel and other industrial uses. This third edition of "Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species" brings the subject up-to-date, with more emphasis on crop origins. Beginning with a description of the processes of evolution in native and cultivated plants, the book reviews the ..."
Earthscan Food and Agriculture Ser.(1st Edition) Plantation Crops, Plunder and Power : Evolution and Exploitation by JamesF. Hancock Hardcover, 206 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-28575-0, ISBN: 1-138-28575-7
"Over the last five centuries, plantation crops have represented the best and worst of industrialized agriculture – "best" through their agronomic productivity and global commercial success, and "worst" as examples of exploitative colonialism, conflict and ill-treatment of workers. This book traces the social, political and evolutionary history of seven major plantation crops – sugarcane, banana, cotton, tea, tobacco, coffee and rubber. ..."
"This book is probably the only current volume to combine discussion of plant evolution with that of crop origins. The first edition was published in 1992 by Prentice-Hall, and has now been fully revised to reflect recent advances. Key features include: a description of the process of evolution in native and cultivated populations of plants; a review of when and where major crops were domesticated; discussion of the subsequent developmen ..."
Spices, Scents and Silk Catalysts of World Trade (Paperback) by JamesF. Hancock Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2021 by Cabi ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-975-0, ISBN: 1-78924-975-9
""This book describes the central role that these exotic luxuries - spices, scents and silks - played in the lives of the ancients, traces the development of the great international trade networks that delivered them, and explores how the ..."
"This new and updated edition covers major topics of interest to blueberry breeders and researchers: botany, physiology, nutrition, growth regulation, photosynthesis, environment, weeds, pests, diseases and postharvest management. The focus is on the highbush blueberry, though information on other blueberries and related species is also provided.Blueberries are cultivated worldwide and this book explores plantings in a great diversity of ..."
"The genetic variability that developed in plants during their evolution forms the basis of their domestication and breeding into the crops grown today for food, fuel and other industrial uses. This third edition of Plant Evolution and the Origin of Crop Species brings the subject up-to-date, with more emphasis on crop origins. Beginning with a description of the processes of evolution in native and cultivated plants, the book reviews th ..."
"This book integrates population genetics with the anthropological and historical aspects of plant domestication. It begins with a detailed description of the natural and human-directed forces that shape plant populations and ends with a brief review of the evolution of our major crops. Coverage of homosapiens is included along with the origin of agriculture, and special emphasis is placed on patterns of change in major crops. The book i ..."
Blueberries(Updated) (Crop Production Science in Horticulture) by Jorge B. Retamales, JamesF. Hancock Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2012 by Cabi ISBN-13: 978-1-84593-826-0, ISBN: 1-84593-826-7
"Blueberry cultivation has increased dramatically as production has shifted into new regions. Blueberries are now widely available as food and also processed to be used in medicine and pharmaceuticals for their antioxidant properties. This new and practical book covers the major topics of interest to blueberry breeders and researchers including botany, physiology, nutrition, growth regulation, photosynthesis, environment, weeds, pests, d ..."
"Since the mid-1990s, when the technology was first introduced, the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) crops has grown exponentially. In the U.S. alone, adoption rates for transgenic cotton, corn, and soybeans are between 70 90%. Across the globe, 14 million farmers grow GE crops in more than twenty countries. Yet many countries are discussing and debating the use and adoption of GE technology because of concerns about their impa ..."
The Future of Drylands International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research, Tunis, Tunisia, 19-21 June 2006 by Jim F. Hancock, JamesF. Hancock, Cathy Lee, Thomas Schaaf 456 Pages, Published 2008 by Springer Science & Business Media ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-6907-9, ISBN: 1-4020-6907-3
"1963) and P. communis (Zielinski et al. 1965). Thompson et al. (1974) suggested
that the control of grit content is complex, regulated by a minimum of four loci that
act in an independent and additive fashion. In most hybrids derived from crosses
of Asian and European pears, it is difficult to recover pure crisp flesh selections
with little grittiness (Wang 1990, Bell et al. 1996). Several genetic studies have
been conducted on ski ..."
"This book is the first single author work to be published for more than 30 years that provides a broad, balanced review of our scientific knowledge of strawberries and their cultivation. In recent years, methods of strawberry culture have undergone extensive modifications and the strawberry industry has expanded considerably in a number of countries in Europe and Asia, as well as in North America.This title covers aspects from taxonomy, ..."
"This book is intended to be a brief compilation of the information available on the breeding of temperate fruit crops. The goal is to provide overviews on the evolution of each crop, the history of domestication, the breeding methods employed and the underlying genetics. A serious effort is made to fully integrate conventional and biotechnological breeding approaches. A discussion is also provided on licensing and patenting. It is hoped ..."
Spices, Scents and Silk Catalysts of World Trade (Hardcover) by JamesF. Hancock Hardcover, 338 Pages, Published 2021 by Cab Intl ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-974-3, ISBN: 1-78924-974-0
"Until the mid-sixth century, most silk found its way to Europe through the Silk Routes across China and the northern steppes of Central Asia. The importance of this trade route changed dramatically around 550 CE when two Nestorian monks ..."
Earthscan Food and Agriculture Ser. Plantation Crops, Plunder and Power : Evolution and Exploitation by JamesF. Hancock 210 Pages, Published 2017 by Taylor & Francis ISBN-13: 978-1-351-97708-1, ISBN: 1-351-97708-3
"... Smallholder Agriculture An integrated systems research approach Edited by
Ingrid Öborn, Kwesi Atta-Krah, Michael Phillips, Richard Thomas, Bernard
Vanlauwe and Willemien Brooijmans Environmental Justice and Farm Labor
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World Agriculture Before and After 1492 Legacy of the Columbian Exchange Hardcover by JamesF. Hancock Hardcover, Published 2022 by Springer International Publishing Ag, Cham ISBN-13: 978-3-031-15522-2, ISBN: 3-031-15522-X
"In the book, Crosby was the first to discuss the impact that the Spanish and Portuguese colonial period had on world agriculture and human culture."