Each of the lines below is a link to a page on the Agricultural Biodiversity section of the AboutBiodiversity Web site. If you’re reading the entire site, the links provide a suggested order in which to read. You also can go from page to page by clicking on the “Next. . . ” link at the bottom of most pages. At the very bottom of this list are linkages to pages that may be reached from anywhere — this site map page, for instance.
You also can use the site map pages as easy ways to jump from the home pages of one section of the site to another as new sections become available. In the list below, for example, you'll see a quick link to the home page of the Soil diversity section.
Of course, you can look through the site’s offerings in any order you choose. You can always click on your browser’s "back" and "forward" buttons to move through the site, or on “Site map” to return to this page and regain your bearings.
Agricultural biodiversity home page
Why agricultural diversity’s so important
More on why it’s
important
Without diversity, we’re sunk
The American corn blight
The Irish potato famine
A potato gallery
Large
view of the potato plant
Large
view of the sweet potato plant
Population and diversity
The first farmers
Mendel and his peas
Centers of diversity – 1
Centers of diversity – 2
The explorers – Nicolai Vavilov
The collectors
Old-timey apples
Mister Tomato
Carlos Ochoa
The Silent Valley of India
Not extinct, after all
The Christmas-card maize
Agriculture then and
now
Saving what we find
Our urge to classify things
Saving it in place
Cool, dry places
Protecting what we find
Heritage foods
Alternative agriculture
Using the foods we have
Breeding for resistance
How
resistance works
The Green Revolution
Biotechnology
Overcoming the plateau
Glossary
Measurements and conversions
