Table of Contents

List of Entries Guide to Related Topics Preface "Without Plants We Would Not Be Here": An Introduction to Cultivated Plants The Encyclopedia Organizations Providing Information on Cultivated Plants Selected Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index

Promotional Information

Readers of this expansive, three-volume encyclopedia will gain scientific, sociological, and demographic insight into the complex relationship between plants and humans across history.

About the Author

Christopher Cumo, PhD, is an independent scholar who has authored three books and a number of articles, essays, reviews, and short stories.

Reviews

[U]seful both as an overview of the place of plants in human civilization and as an outline guide to some of the issues and technique required for their cultivation.
*Reference Reviews*

Contributing authors are impressively numerous and diverse in their knowledge and backgrounds. . . . Serves well as an up-to-date and helpful quick reference for the most common cultivated plants. Summing Up: Recommended.
*Choice*

This encyclopedia provides a useful overview of its topic and can serve as a jumping-off point for further research.
*Library Journal*