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... plants and 31,000 wheat speci- mens . Observations made during Vavilov's world- wide studies led him to postulate that a culti- vated plant's centre of origin would be found in the region in which wild relatives of the plant showed ...
... plants and 31,000 wheat speci- mens . Observations made during Vavilov's world- wide studies led him to postulate that a culti- vated plant's centre of origin would be found in the region in which wild relatives of the plant showed ...
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... plant species , free from all plant competition . This was the start of monoculture , a method that since has come to dominate agriculture , but a process that opposes nature's way of growing plants . Contrary to the principles of ...
... plant species , free from all plant competition . This was the start of monoculture , a method that since has come to dominate agriculture , but a process that opposes nature's way of growing plants . Contrary to the principles of ...
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... ( plant ) : see Queen Anne's lace . wild cucumber , also called BALSAM APPLE ( species Echinocystis lobata ) , climbing plant of the gourd family ( Cucurbitaceae ) , native to eastern North America . The true balsam ap- ple is Momordica ...
... ( plant ) : see Queen Anne's lace . wild cucumber , also called BALSAM APPLE ( species Echinocystis lobata ) , climbing plant of the gourd family ( Cucurbitaceae ) , native to eastern North America . The true balsam ap- ple is Momordica ...
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