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The earliest cultivated plant in North America is the bottle gourd, remains of which have been excavated at Little Salt Spring, Florida dating to 8000 BCE. [7] Squash (Cucurbita pepo var. ozarkana) is considered to be one of the first domesticated plants in the Eastern Woodlands, having been found in the region about 5000 BCE, though possibly not domesticated in the region until about 1000 BCE.
The economy of Houston is based primarily on the energy industry, particularly oil.However, health care, biomedical research, and aerospace also constitute large sectors. In 2021, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 537 U.S. dollars billion, the fourth-largest of any metro area in the United States. [1]
The Crop Science Society of America was founded in 1956 [1] as a daughter society of the American Society of Agronomy with its inaugural president being Gerald Mott [2] and in 1961 launched Crop Science, the society's flagship peer-reviewed journal. [3]
The museum highlights artifacts through interpretive exhibits, educational programs, and research archives that help tell the story of cotton and cotton trading, from crop to becoming fabric. The Cotton Museum preserves the history of the cotton business and its impact on economics, history, society and culture, and science and technology. [3]
Produce must therefore be kept in a moist atmosphere. [8] Diseases caused by fungi and bacteria cause losses but virus diseases, common in growing crops, are not a major post-harvest problem. Deep penetration of decay makes infected produce unusable. This is often the result of infection of the produce in the field before harvest.
Crop and Pasture Science is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal published by CSIRO Publishing.It publishes outcomes of strategic research in crop and pasture sciences and the sustainability of farming systems.
It was established in 2010 as GM Crops, obtaining its current name in 2012. It is published by Taylor & Francis and the editors-in-chief are Naglaa A. Abdallah (Cairo University) and Channapatna S. Prakash (Tuskegee University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 2.913. [1]
George Canale, a well-known fruit dealer in his own right, opened a chain of 10 Canale's Park & Shop Markets selling produce, vegetables and fruit inside 10 Sunset Meat Market locations across Memphis: [6] [7] Monroe and Third (the first, opening May 8, 1924), [8] Front and Washington, Curb Market, 1089 Union Av., 1645 Union Av., 183 S. Cooper ...