Nabhan, Gary Paul.

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.

9781597263993 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597263990 (cloth : alk. paper)

2008013945


Vavilov, N. I. 1887-1943.


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.

QK 46.5 / N115w 2009

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