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The more than 1,200 [36] cultivars of watermelon range in weight from less than 1 kilogram (2 + 1 ⁄ 4 pounds) to more than 90 kg (200 lb); the flesh can be red, pink, orange, yellow or white. [37] The 'Carolina Cross' produced the current world record for heaviest watermelon, weighing 159 kg (351 lb). [38]
Helmeted guinea fowl in tall grass. Many foods were originally domesticated in West Africa, including grains like African rice, Pearl Millet, Sorghum, and Fonio; tree crops like Kola nut, used in Coca-Cola, and Oil Palm; and other globally important plant foods such as Watermelon, Tamarind, Okra, Black-eye peas, and Yams. [2]
Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus [citation needed] United Arab Emirates: Dates: Phoenix dactylifera [30] United States: Blueberries: Cyanococcus [citation needed] Ukraine: Water Elder: Viburnum opulus [31] Vietnam: Pitaya: Pitahaya [citation needed]
This is a list of countries by fruit production in 2020 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world fruit production for 2020 was 887,027,376 metric tonnes. In 1961 production was 200 million tonnes.
Chen Wen-yu (Chinese: 陳文郁; 20 November 1925 – 7 December 2012) was a Taiwanese botanist, horticulturist and an inventor in agriculture science.He bred new strains and varieties of plants, including fruits, flowers, and vegetables over his 70-year-long career.
Gaya melon, originally from Japan, a honeydew cultivar that is ivory in color and has a mild, sweet flavor; Hami melon, originally from Hami, Xinjiang, China. Flesh is sweet and crisp. [21] Honeydew, with a sweet, juicy, green-colored flesh. Grown as bailan melon in Lanzhou, China. There is a second variety which has yellow skin, white flesh ...
Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
The oriental melon (Cucumis melo Makuwa Group) is a group of Cucumis melo cultivars that are produced in East Asia. [1] [2] Phylogenetic studies tracing the genetic lineage of the plant suggest that it may have originated in eastern India, having then spread to China over the Silk Road, from which it was introduced to Korea and Japan.