Stable climate and plant domestication linked

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 13:28 in Earth & Climate

Sustainable farming and the introduction of new crops relies on a relatively stable climate, not dramatic conditions attributable to climate change. Basing their argument on evolutionary, ecological, genetic and agronomic considerations, researchers demonstrate why climate change is not the likely cause of plant domestication in the Near East.

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