GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gluten, Nitrogen Fixation, Ammonium Nitrate
22 Nov 2017
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Rye: can generally be planted almost anywhere today: developed from wild plants which originated in the middle east and near the. Grows reliably and less susceptible to annual variations rye bread cannot be made with 100% rye, must be mixed with flour. People from tibet eat large portions of barley: why? because of its tolerance for extreme climate conditions. Millet: not grown much in the west, drug resistant, grown in places where temperature is higher tolerant of soils with alkaline. Often found in tropics: nutritious and high in fat, contains more protein then wheat. Geo509: grown wildly in china 7 thousand ya important part of agriculture during the yangtze period today: often fed to birds. Rice: global impact: requires extremely high temperatures for growth. 13% of all protein that human derives from food comes from rice: staple piece in many diets because .
