The cultivation of soybeans in China predates recorded history and spread from there to other countries in eastern Asia before the modern period. So essential was the soybean to Chinese civilisation that it was considered one of the five sacred grains (the others being rice, barley, wheat, and...
WhileS. turkestanicais autochthonous in Central and Southern Asia,S. tetrandrais autochthonous in the Middle East and Transcaucasia (Fig.1; Hassler2018). Collecting of wild spinach by local inhabitants was observed during collecting expeditions of the Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (C...
One hundred and forty of the 145,000 acres in cultivation in the county were in cereal crops by that time. This change in agriculture had been precipitated in part by access to new markets through increased transportation at the Port of Moss Landing and the Southern Pacific Railroad and more ...
Artichoke, large thistlelike perennial plant of the aster family grown for its edible flower buds. The thick bracts and the receptacle of the immature flower head are a culinary delicacy with a delicate nutlike flavor. Learn more about the artichoke plan