Buckwheat ( Fagopyrum esculentum ) derives its name from the likeness of the fruit to a beech-nut (German :Buchweizen). It probably originated in the Himalayas (Stoletova, 1940). The earliest record of buckwheat cultivation was found in Germany in an old register dated 1436 (Hill, 1937; Ames, 1939). It is in no way related to wheat except that it has some importance as a "cereal" and is hence called a pseudo-cereal. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.119149 |
| Date | January 1960 |
| Creators | Sharma, Kapil Dev. |
| Contributors | Wright, H. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Genetics. ) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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