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  2. Benzyl isothiocyanate - Wikipedia

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    It can be found in Alliaria petiolata, pilu oil, and papaya seeds [2] where it is the main product of the glucotropaeolin breakdown by the enzyme myrosinase.

  3. List of edible seeds - Wikipedia

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    An edible seed [n 1] is a seed that is suitable for human or animal consumption. Of the six major plant parts, [ n 2 ] seeds are the dominant source of human calories and protein . [ 1 ] A wide variety of plant species provide edible seeds; most are angiosperms , while a few are gymnosperms .

  4. Farmers really do feed their cows Skittles -- here's why - AOL

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    The sugar in candy won't have a bad effect on the cow or the human eating it, Chuck Hurst, a livestock nutritionist, told CNN. Farmers really do feed their cows Skittles — here's why.

  5. Erwinia papayae - Wikipedia

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    The pathogen can survive in the seed of infected papaya, even after drying, for approximately 30 days (Obrero 1980). Thus far, seed-borne transmission is the predominant method of spread and infection; in fact, studies indicate the pathogen has the ability for long-range dispersal via seed (Ramachandran et al. 2015).

  6. Mangelwurzel - Wikipedia

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    Considered a crop for cool-temperate climates, the mangelwurzel sown in autumn can be grown as a winter crop in warm-temperate to subtropical climates. Both leaves and roots may be eaten. Leaves can be lightly steamed for salads or lightly boiled as a vegetable if treated like spinach or chard, which is a member of the same subspecies. Grown in ...

  7. Babaco - Wikipedia

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    It can grow at high altitudes over 2,000 m (6,600 ft), and is the most cold-tolerant plant in the genus Vasconcellea. The babaco is classified as a herbaceous shrub like Carica papaya (papaya) but unlike papaya it produces only female flowers. The babaco plant can produce from 30 to 60 fruits annually, and has an average life span of about ...

  8. Founder crops - Wikipedia

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    In 1988, the Israeli botanist Daniel Zohary and the German botanist Maria Hopf formulated their founder crops hypothesis. They proposed that eight plant species were domesticated by early Neolithic farming communities in Southwest Asia (Fertile Crescent) and went on to form the basis of agricultural economies across much of Eurasia, including Southwest Asia, South Asia, Europe, and North ...

  9. Bovid hybrid - Wikipedia

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    Żubroń are hybrids of domestic cattle and wisents.. A bovid hybrid is the hybrid offspring of members of two different species of the bovid family. There are 143 extant species of bovid, and the widespread domestication of several species has led to an interest in hybridisation for the purpose of encouraging traits useful to humans, and to preserve declining populations.