The Origins of Agriculture and the domestication of Crop Plants in the Near East: The Harlan Symposium
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Damania, A. B. and J. Valkoun (Ed. ). 1997. The Origins of Agriculture and Domestication of Crop Plants in the Near East - The Harlan Symposium, 10-14 May 1997, Aleppo, Syria. Book of Abstracts. ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria, 70 pp.
Abstract
Wheat and barley together with lentils were among the earliest crops to be domesticated
in the "Fertile Crescent," an arc of land that connects the river valleys of the Euphrates
and the Tigris with that of the Jordan. It has become increasingly clear that studies on
crop-plant domestication can no longer rely solely on archaeological data but would
have to combine the findings of archaeobotanists, archaeozoologists, anthropologists
and ecologists to put together all the pieces of the puzzle as to how agriculture actually
began.
A Symposium dedicated to the work of Prof. Jack R. Harlan on the "Origins of
Agriculture and Domestication of Crop Plants in the Near East" was held at the
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 10-14
May 1997 as part of ICARDA's 20th Anniversary Celebrations. There was a good
response to the call for papers for presentation at the Symposium from scientists of
diverse disciplines. There were over 60 participants from more than 23 countries.
Over 30 papers and posters were presented.
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; adaptation ; barley ; diversification ; genetic resources ; germplasm conservation ; legumes ; vegetation ; olives ; south asia ; domestication ; wild plants ; cereals ; hordeum vulgare ; equipment ; genetic markers ; fruit crops ; safflower ; armenia ; triticum monococcum ; plant physiology ; dna ; faba beans ; lathyrus ; sesame ; peas ; cultivation ; mediterranean countries ; hard wheat ; lens culinaris ; triticum aestivum ; aegilops ; pisum sativum ; middle east ; cotton ; hordeum spontaneum ; climatic change ; vicia faba ; history ; mexico ; pistachios ; rye ; botany ; amygdalus ; triticum dicoccum ; soft wheat ; triticum spelta ; prunus ; gossypium ; celtis ; vitis ; plant anatomy ; plant introduction ; cornus ; barley ; faba bean ; lentil ; cotton ; cowpea ; olive ; durum wheat ; soft wheat ; rye