BIOB38H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Marcus Terentius Varro, Peanut Gallery, Street Organ
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670 to 750 genera and 18,000 to 19,000 species. 88% form nodules with rhizobia ix nitrogen. Marcus terenius varro (roman scholar & writer), 37 bce legumes should be planted in light soils, not so much for their own crops as for the good they do to subsequent crops. Bean, pea, chickpea, broad bean, pigeon pea, cowpea & lenil. ~ 33% of human dietary protein nitrogen needs. Lenils (lens esculenta) domesicated iran, 9,500 to 8,000 bp. Legumes (predominantly soybean and peanut) > 35% of the world"s processed vegetable oil. Soybean and peanut dietary protein for chicken & pork industries. 5 petals: upper standard/banner, lower keel (2) , 2 lateral wings. Huarmey valley near peruvian coast ~ 5000 yrs bp. Don"t know wild peanuts not in this region and no fossil evidence: ipaensis (aa) + a. duranensis (bb) wild tetraploid (aabb) Enslaved africans introduced into southern us: goobers.
