| The Oat Crop: Production and Utilization 1995 Edition Contributor(s): Welch, R. W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0412373106 ISBN-13: 9780412373107 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $313.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1995 Annotation: This book covers oats in depth, including coverage of the crop's history, botany, breeding, processing and food uses. The editor has drawn together an impressive list of international contributors, providing a book which is the definitive work on the subject, of interest to all those involved with the crop. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 571.2 |
| LCCN: 94074705 |
| Series: World Crop |
| Physical Information: 1.32" H x 6.2" W x 9.62" (2.04 lbs) 584 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dr Samuel Johnson, that famous eighteenth century lexicographer, said of oats 'A grain which in England is generally given to horses but in Scotland supports the people'. And presumably it was a Scotsman who riposted 'But what people and what horses ' That exchange encapsulates much of the history and role of oats - a cereal, once important as human food in parts of northern Europe but latterly used mainly as animal feed, especially favoured for horses. Although no longer a major food anywhere, oats still have a special and favoured niche in the cuisine of people living in the cooler and wetter regions of some parts of northern Europe. However, there is currently a resurgence of interest in the crop, because there is now considerable scientific evidence to support the view of Scotsmen who never doubted its dietary value. This book - very much an international effort, carefully orchestrated by Robert Welch - traces the origin, history and scientific progress which forms a sound basis for any further crop improvement and for broadening the utilization and marketing of oat products. Should rational consider- ations lead to an increase in the importance of this cereal, I, for one, would be glad since I believe the rural landscape is the poorer for the increased rarity of golden fields of rippling oats which I used to be involved in harvesting. |