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Tomitaro Makino. Tomitaro Makino (牧野 富太郎, Makino Tomitarō, April 24, 1862 – January 18, 1957) was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work. He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany", [1] having been one of the first Japanese botanists to work extensively on classifying Japanese plants using the system developed by Linnaeus.
A variety of Orange baby plum tomato [30] [31] Cherry Nebula: Red Alternative names: England: Sweet Rosso – Belgium: BelRosso [32] [33] [34] Chocolate Pear Burgundy/Green 65–80 Open-Pollinated Hybrid 1 oz Pear Indeterminate Regular Leaf Canning Saucing Salad Developed by Terrior Seeds. Rich, balanced flavor. [35] [36] Dad's Sunset Orange 75 ...
Tomato plants are vines, becoming decumbent, and can grow up to 3 m (9.8 ft); bush varieties are generally no more than 100 cm (3 ft 3 in) tall. They are tender perennials, often grown as annuals. [40] [41] Tomato plants are dicots. They grow as a series of branching stems, with a terminal bud at the tip that does the actual growing.
Food historian Lois Ellen Frank calls potatoes, tomatoes, corn, beans, squash, chili, cacao, and vanilla the "magic eight" ingredients that were found and used only in the Americas before 1492 and were taken via the Columbian Exchange back to the Old World, dramatically transforming the cuisine there. [17] [18] [19] According to Frank, [20]
Japan has significant diversity in flora. Of approximately 5,600 total vascular plant species, almost 40% are endemic. [1] This richness is due to the significant variation in latitude and altitude across the country, a diversity of climatic conditions due to monsoons, and multiple geohistorical incidences of connections with the mainland.
This is a list of countries by tomato production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for tomatoes in 2022 was 186,107,972 metric tonnes , a decrease of 1.7% from 189,281,485 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]
The massive Anpo protests against revision of the America–Japan Security Treaty are the largest protests in Japan's modern history, and force the resignation of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and the cancellation of a planned visit by US president Dwight D. Eisenhower. 1964: 1 October
Kikkoman is the most popular brand of soy sauce in Japan [4] [7] and the United States. [8] [7] The city of Düsseldorf, Germany, is the European headquarters of the company. [9] A plant in Sappemeer, Netherlands, began operations in 1997 and now produces over 400 million litres of soy sauce per year. [10]