Crops and Man

Japanese: 《Crops and Man》(英語表記)CropsandMan
Crops and Man

...In 1966, Sasuke Nakao, in his book "The Origin of Cultivated Plants and Agriculture," based on previous knowledge and his own botanical explorations across a wide area of ​​Asia, revealed the existence of four major agricultural culture complexes in the world, namely, root crop culture, savanna culture, Mediterranean culture, and New World culture, and pointed out the existence of cultivated plant groups characteristic of each agricultural culture. Furthermore, in his book "Crops and Man" in 1975, JR Harlan comprehensively considered the knowledge gained since de Candolle and summarized the geographical centers of cultivated plants in the world into six regions. These are (1) the Middle East, (2) Africa, (3) China, (4) Southeast Asia, (5) Mesoamerica, and (6) South America. ...

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…66年中尾佐助は《栽培植物と農耕の起源》という著作の中で,今までの知見やアジアの広い地域にまたがる独自の植物探検調査に基づいて,世界における四大農耕文化複合,つまり根栽農耕文化,サバンナ農耕文化,地中海農耕文化および新大陸農耕文化の存在を明らかにし,各農耕文化に特徴的な栽培植物群の存在を指摘した。さらにハーランJ.R.Harlanは75年,《作物と人間Crops and Man》という著書の中で,ド・カンドル以来最近までに得られた知見を総合的に考察して,世界における栽培植物の地理的中心地域を六つの地域にまとめている。それらは(1)中東,(2)アフリカ,(3)中国,(4)東南アジア,(5)メソアメリカ,(6)南アメリカである。…

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