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The potato was the first domesticated root vegetable in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia [1] between 8000 and 5000 BC. [2] Cultivation of potatoes in South America may go back 10,000 years, [ 3 ] but tubers do not preserve well in the archaeological record, making identification difficult.
India Okra: Bhindi Veṇṭaikkāy Bendakaaya Bende kaayi Highlands of Ethiopia and india [15] 100-500 CE [15] Onion: Pyaaz Veṅkāyam Ulligadda,ullipaya,erragadda Eerulli India [citation needed] Unknown, but present by 500 BCE [16] Mentioned in the Charaka Samhita: Potato: Aloo Uruḷaikkiḻaṅku Bangala Dumpa/Aloo Gadda Aloo gadde
The Neolithic founder crops (or primary domesticates) are the eight plant species that were domesticated by early Holocene (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region of southwest Asia, and which formed the basis of systematic agriculture in the Middle East, North Africa, India ...
In the period of the Neolithic Revolution, roughly 8000-4000 BCE, [11] Agro pastoralism in India included threshing, planting crops in rows and storing grain in granaries. [3] [12] Barley —either of two or of six rows— and wheat cultivation—along with the rearing of cattle, sheep and goat—was visible in Mehrgarh by 8000-6000 BCE.
Montage of New World domesticated plants. Clockwise from top left: 1. Maize (Zea mays) 2.Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) 3.Potato (Solanum tuberosum) 4.Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) 5.
Flowers Tubers, with a ruler for scale. Coleus rotundifolius, synonyms Plectranthus rotundifolius and Solenostemon rotundifolius, [1] commonly known as native potato or country potato in Africa and called Chinese potato in India, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to tropical Africa.
Places, where crops were initially domesticated, are called centers of origin. This is a list of plants that have been domesticated by humans . The list includes individual plant species identified by their common names as well as larger formal and informal botanical categories which include at least some domesticated individuals.
Wild potato species occur from the southern United States to southern Chile. [14] The potato was first domesticated in southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia [15] by pre-Columbian farmers, around Lake Titicaca. [16] Potatoes were domesticated there about 7,000–10,000 years ago from a species in the S. brevicaule complex. [15] [16] [17]