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starchy tubers are edible cooked or raw. Although palatable and nutritious, the crop is hampered by low productivity. The plant is attractive and susceptible...

high levels of isothiocyanates. In Colombia, it is planted as a companion crop to repel pests in potato fields. Mashua has also been used to treat nephropathy...

Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 8. Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben/International...

http://www.cipotato.org/artc/cip_crops/1919-Yacon_Syrup.pdf.  31 pages. Available in Spanish http://www.cipotato.org/artc/cip_crops/1919-Jarabe_Yacon.pdf -->...

Bunium persicum or black cumin is a plant in the family Apiaceae. Dried B. persicum fruits are used as a culinary spice in Northern India, Tajikistan and...

Research Center. Retrieved on 2006-09-10. "Crop fact sheet for V. galamensis". Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plant Products. Retrieved on 2006-09-10...

is now a common table vegetable. The oca is one of the important staple crops of the Andean highlands, second only to the potato due to its easy propagation...

harvest in every season. Enset will tolerate drought better than most cereal crops. Wild enset plants are produced from seeds, while most domesticated plants...

panicle size are not correlated to geographic distribution. Alternative Field Crops Manual Template:Grocers...

praised, and it is popular among wild food foragers, but it remains a minor crop, due in part to its low yields and difficulty of harvest. "A description...

The breadnut (Brosimum alicastrum) is a Brosimum tree species under the Moraceae family of flowering plants, whose other genera include fig and mulberries...

Cheruchana vithu.Template:Fact Flax fibers are amongst the oldest fibre crops in the world. The use of flax for the production of linen goes back 5000...

nance; B. crassifolia in particular is known by that name, as it is an underutilized crop of some commercial importance in Latin America. Selected species:...

Kañiwa is a species of goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa. It has important beneficial characteristics including tolerance...

Canarium is a genus of about 75 species of tropical trees in the family Burseraceae, native to tropical Africa and southern Asia, from southern Nigeria...

to make bread or porridge. National Academy of Sciences (1996). The lost crops of Africa. 1. Grains. National Academies Press. ISBN 0-309-04990-3. http://www...

family) native to South America that is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root...

The black salsify or Spanish salsify, also known as black oyster plant, serpent root, viper's herb, viper's grass or simply Scorzonera, is a perennial...

Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead, 'duck potato', 'Indian potato', or 'wapato', ...

commercial growers have converted their crops to guar production to support the increasing demand for guar and other organic crops in the United States. Varieties:...