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Chapter 14 has been completely rewritten and includes a new section on crop plant evolution, along with discussions of origins of agriculture and steps in domestication. Additional updates to this chapter include:

A new section on plant breeding, as well as breeding strategies, gene banks, protoplast fusion and transgenic plants.
An updated discussion of the pros and cons of transgenic plants.
Twenty-two new figures, including a new figure on the origins of crop plants.