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Chenopodium quinoa is believed to have been domesticated in the Peruvian Andes from wild or weed populations of the same species. [26] There are non-cultivated quinoa plants (Chenopodium quinoa var. melanospermum) that grow in the area it is cultivated; these may either be related to wild predecessors, or they could be descendants of cultivated ...
Landscape with quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa), Cachilaya [clarification needed], Bolivia, Province La Paz, Lake Titicaca seen in background.Three crops: maize, wheat, and rice, account for approximately 50% of the world's consumption of calories and protein, [6] and about 95% of the world's food needs are provided by just 30 species of plants. [7]
New World crops by plant structure used [1]; Grains: little barley, maize, maygrass, wild rice: Psuedograins: amaranth, chia, knotweed, goosefoot, quinoa, sunflower ...
According to 'Eat This, Not That!', quinoa costs about $7.50 per pound at a local grocery store. A 16-oz. (one pound) bag of Village Harvest premium whole grain quinoa costs $3.72 for per bag at ...
This week's column explains why native plants are important and offers alternatives to Bradford pear trees and info about becoming a Master Gardener.
Quinoa is native only to a relatively small region of the Andes mountains in South America. Corn/Maize [2] (Zea †) Quinoa [3] (Chenopodium) Several (though not all) species of amaranth [4] Some species of wild rice ; Indian Corn (Flint Corn)
A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre
Wild emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides), a CWR of cultivated wheats (Triticum spp), can be found in northern Israel. Two conservationists collecting indigenous knowledge on cultural practices that favour CWR populations, from a farmer near Fes, Morocco. A crop wild relative (CWR) is a wild plant closely related to a domesticated plant.