Understudied Indigenous Crops
Editors: Katheryn Chen1 and Patrick Byrne2
1 Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523; kat.chen@colostate.edu
1 Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523; patrick.byrne@colostate.edu
ABOUT THIS EBOOK
This eBook focuses on highlighting examples of understudied Indigenous crops, providing information on their origins, production, use, conservation, and breeding. Given the number of species that could qualify as Indigenous crops, it would be impossible to provide comprehensive coverage of them all. If your work focuses on an understudied Indigenous crop that you would like to see represented here, please reach out to the editors. This eBook will continue to grow as time and resources allow.
Chapters can be accessed in any order by selecting “Contents” in the upper left corner and expanding each section to access chapter titles. Chapters can also be navigated by using arrows at the bottom of each page. Material may be used free of charge, in the online format, for personal use or for trainings and courses for students and/or employees. Contact the editors if you wish to make modifications or download other versions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This eBook is being developed through a collaboration between Iowa State University, Colorado State University, and the USDA Agricultural Research Service, with additional funding from the USDA-NIFA-Higher Education Challenge Grant (2020-70003-303930).
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