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The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) [3] is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and tofu skin are made.
A genetically modified soybean is a soybean (Glycine max) that has had DNA introduced into it using genetic engineering techniques. [1]: 5 In 1996, the first genetically modified soybean was introduced to the U.S. by Monsanto. In 2014, 90.7 million hectares of GM soybeans were planted worldwide, making up 82% of the total soybeans cultivation area.
Between 1930 and 1942, the United States' share of world soybean production grew from 3% to 47%, and by 1969 it had risen to 76%. By 1973 soybeans were the United States' "number one cash crop, and leading export commodity, ahead of both wheat and corn". [8] Although soybeans developed as the top cash crop, corn also remains as an important ...
Countries by soybean production in 2020. This is a list of countries by soybean production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The total world production for soybeans in 2022 was 348,856,427 metric tonnes, down 6.4% from 372,853,699 tonnes in 2021. [1]
Samuel Bowen (died 30 December 1777) was an English entrepreneur and farmer who established an estate in Savannah, Province of Georgia, where he cultivated the first soya beans in North America. While earlier sources credited Benjamin Franklin with the introduction of the soya bean to North America, later research has shown that Bowen was ...
SoyBase genetic linkage maps were integral to the assembly of the soybean genome. In 2018 the database received approximately 63,000 page requests from 2,600 users per month from 130 countries. About 40 organizations in the United States and 82 foreign educational institutions access SoyBase yearly.
The United States Department of Agriculture halts the use of 2,4,5-T (manufactured by Monsanto) on all food crops except rice. 1972: Products: DDT is banned under most circumstances. 1974: Products: Harvard University and Monsanto sign a ten-year industrial-funded research grant to support the cancer research of Judah Folkman. [17] [18] 1974 ...
William Roy Shurtleff (born April 28, 1941) also known as Bill Shurtleff [1] is an American researcher and writer about soy foods. Shurtleff and his former wife Akiko Aoyagi have written and published consumer-oriented cookbooks, handbooks for small- and large-scale commercial production, histories, and bibliographies of various soy foods.