GGR287H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Oryza Glaberrima, Vicia Faba, Oryza Sativa
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Basic facts work wide > 40,000 varieties oryza sativa. African rice (oryza glaberrima) mostly for human consumption shattering brittle grain poor milling quality lower yields. Pros more tolerance fluctuations in water depth iron toxicity infertile soils severe climatic conditions human neglect better resistance to various pests & diseases. Nerica = new rice for africa (hybrid african-asian) Flooding not mandatory, but best control method for weeds & pests better for soil nutrients higher yields better quality. Annual leguminous crop yielding from one to twelve seeds of variable size, shape, and colour within a pod (peas, beans, lentils, chickpeas, fava beans) Plant roots used as vegetables ie. carrots beet, radish & horseradish, turnips & rutabagas. Basic facts of potatoes all continents dry seasons) Cultivated in all elevation zones in temperate regions of cultivation increasing in tropical asian lowlands (during. Chuno (freeze-dried potatoes) can be kept for up to 2 years.
