hectares of forest. That’s about 30% of the world’s surface land area. A forest can be described as an area covered by trees that has a certain tree…
(short-lived) plants. The plant’s flowers are white and have a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla. The plant’s berries are very small (10–20…
strawberry is a well-known hybrid species of the genus Fragaria (collectively referred to as the strawberries). Technically speaking, the strawberry…
Potatoes as a food crop were introduced by the Spanish. Now this starchy, tuberous crop is an integral part of the world’s food supply and many…
actually a special kind of berry. It has a hard, but smooth rind and no internal division, so botanically speaking the watermelon is a pepo. The…
produce ethanol. The world’s sugar consumption is derived from sugar cane for 80%, with the remainder made from sugar beet. As a tropical and…
India. The plant’s cultivation history goes back some 3000 years and it is now being produced on most continents. The cucumber plant is a creeping…
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