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| Who organised a series of botanical-agronomic expeditions, collecting seeds from every corner of the globe? |
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| What do wheat, einkorn, flax, lentil and barley all share in common? |
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| Came from the fertile crescent in the middle east about 6000 to 7000BC |
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| species that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment of agriculture and pastoralism, and due to isolation from other populations of the species |
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| What was the green revolution? What was its drawback? |
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Large increase in crop produciton in developing countries achienved by the use of artificial fertilisers, pesticides and high-yield crop varieties
Poorer farmers failed to compete with richer companies, monopolised developing agriculture |
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| What were some of the traits selected for during the green revolution? |
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Altered photoperiod/vernalisation
Reduced toxins
Reduced spines
Development of desired colours/patterns
Non-shattering infructescences
Reduced seed dormancy
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| What is the difference between autopolyploidy and allopolyploidy? Give an example of each |
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Autopolyploidy: organism whose cells have more than 2 sets of chromosomes from the same species (banana)
Allopolyploidy: Organism whose cells have multiple sets of chromosomes derived from a different species (wheat) |
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