There are many species currently growing that are peculiar to China, including aquatic vegetables, bamboo sprouts and several kinds of beans, gourds, tubers and greens. Quite a number of Brassica varieties are widely grown. Some are considered to have originated in north China ( B. pekinensis)...
Individual crops in the World Crops DatabaseGiant elephant ear Crops, Vegetables The giant elephant ear, is a large perennial plant native to Southeast Asia. The corms and leaf stalks are consumed as vegetables, but it is mainly grown as an ornamental plant in gardens. Giant elephant ear ...
In view of the urgent demand, the Chinese scientists were determined to develop transgenic Bt cotton in house. With funding from the 863 Programme, widely grown cotton genotypes in China were modified in 1994 with a fused Bt gene encoding a smaller molecular weight protein albeit possessing high...
* Coffee, avocados and macadamia nuts, originating from various parts of the world, have been widely grown in China's Yunnan, earning widespread acclaim in the global market. * Such progress underscores China's expanding engagement with the world and reflects its robust economic vitality. * The...
Some of the elephants' favorite food, such as broom grass and plantains, are grown in these areas in Dadugang, Jingne and Mengwang villages so that the wild mammals can stay here without venturing outside and wreaking havoc on f...
In fact, many people believe that soybeans were first grown and used in China.Around 7,000 years ago, people of the Peiligang culture lived in central China. They had already started to make use of wild soybean plants because they were easy to grow on dry and hard land. However, at ...
For example, the yields of sorghum, sesame, and roselle were increased by 13.7, 23.8, and 20.9%, respectively, when grown in an intercropping system with gum acacia, a nitrogen-fixing tree (Fadl, 2013). Interestingly, relatively new experimental research suggests that when choosing species for ...
1.a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate, a disaccharide, found in many plants and extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet: it is used esp as a sweetening agent in food and drinks. Formula: C12H22O11 2.any of a class of simple water-soluble carbohydrates, such as sucrose, lactose, and fr...
Cropping patterns and plant population density alter nitrogen partitioning among photosynthetic components, leaf photosynthetic capacity and photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency in field-grown soybean Guowei Zhang, Zhikang Li, Qing Zhu, Changqin Yang, ... Ruixian Liu Article 120680 View PDF Article prev...
been commercially grown in China are only cotton and papaya." China's genetically modified crops approved to import raw materials include soybeans, corn, rape, cotton and sugar beet. Unlike traditional foods, GM? Response: at present, Cherry Tomatoes, pepper, pumpkin and cucumber are not ...