Economic botany humor Plowing in ancient Egypt
Plowing in Bengla Desh today
Courtesy of Dr. Ted Hymowitz, Department of Crop Science, University of Illinois, Urbana
Vavilov's centers of plant domestication
Harlan's centers and non-centers of plant domestication
Slash and burn agriculture in Madagascar: Burning
Courtesy Dr. Voara Randrianasolo
Slash and burn agriculture in Madagascar: The fields produced
Courtesy Dr. Voara Randrianasolo
Slash and burn agriculture in South America: Preparing the field
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Slash and burn agriculture in South America: Planting the field
Source unknown
Slash and burn agriculture in Venezuela
Revised January 2005
Back to Origins of Agriculture lecture
notes
© David S. Seigler, Integrative Biology 363, Plants and Their Uses,
Department of Plant Biology, 265 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., University of Illinois,
Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA. 217-333-7577. seigler@life.uiuc.edu.