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part of the origins of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent. Cultivation and repeated harvesting and sowing of the grains of wild grasses led to the domestication...

division of labor, the group consists of a mother and her daughters, then the group is called eusocial. The mother is considered the "queen" and the daughters...

in many parts of the world on over 5 million acres (20,000 km²). The biggest area of production is currently believed to be India, but the crop is also...

unknown due to extensive cultivation, with the species found throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Common names include water spinach...

May in the southern parts of its habitat zones and in June in the northern parts. Chives are the only species of Allium native to both the Old World and New...

is tolerant of temperate climates and is now cultivated world-over for its beauty. However, the maximum height of 40 m is reached only in the original, warmer...

in the after life. The earliest written reference to N. sativa is found in the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. Isaiah contrasts the reaping of nigella...

Echinopsis spachiana is a species of cactus native to South America. Commonly cultivated as a pot- or rockery plant around the world, it has a lime green body...

longer and is the type used by most Chinese restaurants. Black tea is oxided for the longest period of time which produces the darkest of the teas. Several...

not merely good advice; it is the law, at least in the U.S. Similar laws exist in limited parts of the rest of the world. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide...

one of the most cold-hardy palms in the world. The Needle Palm assumes a shrublike clumping form with several stems growing from a single base, the stems...

in fruit, the plant looks very similar to the redcurrant shrub; they may be distinguished by the strong odour of the leaves and stems of the blackcurrant...

assumed to be because of the lack of sufficient water for reproduction on the sun-facing side of trees. South of the equator the reverse is true. In deep...

several parts of the world included Australia because this plant is usually like a freshwater aquarium plant. List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil Template:Pt...

caapi is cultivated by the shamans who use it. According to The CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names by Umberto Quattrocchi, the naming of B. caapi was actually...

found in the Old World tropics, specially Asia and Africa. Out of the 35 species found in India, 17 are endemic. Of these, seven are endemic to the Western...

cycle, excepting the location of the eggs, which includes the undersides of stems, branches, and the root crown. The larvae tunnel in the pith where they...

but has been introduced to other parts of the world. In the United States, this plant is found primarily in the northeast states, Oregon, and Alaska. Genus...

This page refers to the U.S. pawpaw in the genus Asimina. In some other parts of the world, the name pawpaw is applied to the unrelated tropical fruit...

dispersal is by the fruit spines getting caught in the fur of animals, who then carry the fruit far from the mother plant. The seeds have hibernation capabilities...