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Crops originating from China

  • RiceIn the Yangtze River valley, people began cultivating rice between 13,500 and 8,200 years ago. This ancient process created a single domestication event for…
  • ApricotThe apricot tree reaches heights of up to 10 meters with a round canopy. Its flowers appear white or pinkish about 2 centimeters wide before the leaves…
  • PeachIn 1753, Carl Linnaeus named the peach tree Amygdalus persica in his book Species plantarum. The name changed to Prunus persica when August Batsch published…
  • Orange (fruit)The sweet orange tree stands as a genetic compromise between two ancient citrus parents. Its full genome reveals it is Citrus × sinensis, a hybrid born from…