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Seed and soil inoculation for leguminous crops / by W.B. Bottomley.
Bottomley, William Beecroft, 1863-1922.Date: 1907- Books
Biotechnology : enhancing research on tropical crops in Africa / edited by G. Thottappilly [and others].
Date: [1992], ©1992- E-books
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The modern husbandman, for the month of March, Containing the following Particulars, Viz. I. An Account of sowing Wheat-Seed in March. II. How to improve late-sown Crops of Wheat. III. Several necessary Ways to prepare, sow, and improve, different Sorts o
Ellis, William- E-books
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The modern husbandman: Or, The practice of farming: as it is now carried on by the most accurate farmers in several counties of England. For the month of March. Containing, I. An account of sowing wheat seed in March. II. How to improve late-sown crops of
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Sensi Seed Bank / Sensi Seeds.
Sensi SeedDate: [199-?]- E-books
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Seeds, science, and struggle : the global politics of transgenic crops / Abby Kinchy.
Kinchy, Abby J.Date: c2012- Books
Food for thought : a world perspective on population, agriculture and food. / ICI Seeds ; awaydays Sept 88, Simon Jones ; edited and & revised July 89 Richard Macer, November 89 Ian Bartle.
Date: [1989?]- Books
Alternatives in agriculture : growing crops for industrial, energy and other non-food purposes.
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (Great Britain)Date: 1995- Books
Brave new seeds : the threat of transgenic crops to farmers / Robert Ali Brac de la Perrière and Franck Seuret ; translated by Manisha Sovani and Vijaya Rao.
Brac de la Perrière, Robert Ali.Date: 2000- Books
Seeds of contention : world hunger and the global controversy over GM crops / Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Ebbe Schiøler.
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per.Date: [2000], ©2000- Books
Les biotechnologies au service de la production végétale / [directeurs de la publication, Jeanine Goacolou et Etienne Perdrizet ; maquette et fabrication, Jean-Yvon Laviec].
Date: [1988], ©1988- Books
Seed to civilization : the story of food / Charles B. Heiser, Jr.
Heiser, Charles B. (Charles Bixler), 1920-2010.Date: [1981], ©1981- Pictures
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Rye (Secale species): plant stems with seedheads. Watercolour.
Reference: 23633i- Books
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An essay towards a method of preserving the seeds of plants in a state fit for vegetation, during long voyages. For the improvement of the British colonies in America / By the Rev. Mr. Pullein.
Pullein, Samuel, active 1734-1760.Date: 1759- Pictures
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Workers harvesting the crop on a coffee plantation. Coloured lithograph by Deroi, c. 1850, after J. M. Rugendas.
Rugendas, Johann Moritz, 1802-1858.Date: 1850Reference: 25222i- Books
Seed to civilization : the story of man's food / Charles B. Heiser, Jr.
Heiser, Charles B. (Charles Bixler), 1920-2010.Date: [1973]- Books
Seeds of change : five plants that transformed mankind / Henry Hobhouse.
Hobhouse, Henry.Date: [1986], ©1986- Books
Seeds of change : five plants that transformed mankind / Henry Hobhouse.
Hobhouse, Henry.Date: 1987- Pictures
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Two sparrows pecking at a seedhead of corn. Watercolour.
Reference: 23607i- Pictures
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Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.): large leafy head with separate flowering stem, opened fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17182i- Pictures
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Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17221i- Pictures
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A tea plantation in China: workers sow the seed. Coloured lithograph.
Date: [approximately 1800]Reference: 25229iPart of: A tea plantation in China- Digital Images
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Lathyrus vernus (L.)Bernh. Papilionaceae previously Orobus vernus L. (Linnaeus, 1753) Spring vetchling. Distribution: Europe to Siberia. The seeds of several Lathyrus species are toxic, and when eaten cause a condition called lathyrism. The chemical diaminoproprionic acid in the seeds causes paralysis, spinal cord damage, aortic aneurysm, due to poisoning of mitochondria causing cell death. Occurs where food crops are contaminated by Lathyrus plants or where it is eaten as a 'famine food' when no other food is available. It is the Orobus sylvaticus purpureus vernus of Bauhin (1671) and Orobus sylvaticus angustifolius of Parkinson (1640) - who records that country folk had no uses for it. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Lathyrus vernus (L.)Bernh. Papilionaceae previously Orobus vernus L. (Linnaeus, 1753) Spring vetchling. Distribution: Europe to Siberia. The seeds of several Lathyrus species are toxic, and when eaten cause a condition called lathyrism. The chemical diaminoproprionic acid in the seeds causes paralysis, spinal cord damage, aortic aneurysm, due to poisoning of mitochondria causing cell death. Occurs where food crops are contaminated by Lathyrus plants or where it is eaten as a 'famine food' when no other food is available. It is the Orobus sylvaticus purpureus vernus of Bauhin (1671) and Orobus sylvaticus angustifolius of Parkinson (1640) - who records that country folk had no uses for it. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Pictures
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Rape or colza (Brassica napus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17225i