There is a rich and diverse body of research dedicated to understanding the cultural and biological processes that led to plant domestication and the development of agriculture in both the Old and New Worlds. Work continues to refine and challenge proposed models for the process of plant domestication, the likely centres of origin and subsequent spread of plant crops and agricultural innovations. This research is taking place in the light of new archaeobotanical evidence and the development and application of novel scientific techniques. As such, publications that bring together new lines of research and evidence, and how these inform our current understanding of plant domestication and agriculture, are an important resource for both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

有大量丰富多样的研究致力于了解导致新旧世界植物驯化和农业发展的文化和生物过程。工作仍在继续完善和挑战植物驯化过程、可能的起源中心以及植物作物和农业创新的后续传播的拟议模型。这项研究是根据新的考古植物学证据以及新科学技术的开发和应用进行的。因此，汇集新的研究和证据的出版物，以及它们如何影响我们目前对植物驯化和农业的理解，对于专业和非专业受众来说都是重要的资源。