Where our food comes from : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine /
Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine
Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson.
- Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009.
- xxiii, 223 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.
Centers of plant diversity. Plant collecting. Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation. Food crops--Germplasm resources--Collection and preservation. Colecciones de plantas. Diversidad vegetal. Recursos de germoplasma. Conservación de la diversidad biológica.