The cruciferous vegetable family, also known as the Brassicaceae or Cruciferae family, originally hails from the Mediterranean and Central Asia and is a member of the mustard family, which includes plants such as mustards, radishes, and turnips. This family of plants is unique because it can cross-pollinate, meaning that different varieties of the same species can be bred to create new varieties.
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/02/13/natural-crops-untouched-by-human-tinkering-broccoli-cabbage-cauliflower-and-brussels-sprouts-are-genetically-altered-variants-of-the-brassica-family/
Tag Archives: History
Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the ‘dawn of civilization’ – Genetic Literacy Project
The history of biotechnology shows how humans have been manipulating nature for our benefit for a long time—and how modern genetic engineering is
— Read on geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/02/17/biotechnology-timeline-humans-manipulating-genes-since-dawn-civilization/
People in the Mediterranean ate foods from Asia 3700 years ago | New Scientist
People living in the Mediterranean may have been sampling South and East Asian cuisines as much as thousands of years earlier than previously thought
— Read on www.newscientist.com/article/2263624-people-in-the-mediterranean-ate-foods-from-asia-3700-years-ago/
The Subversive, Surprising History of Curry Powder – Gastro Obscura
The Subversive, Surprising History of Curry Powder – Gastro Obscura
— Read on www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-curry-powder
The History About Each Vegetable –
History of vegetables reaches the most distant years of modern humankind, when hunter gatherers exited Africa and started spreading across the entire world.
— Read on seedtocrop.net/2018/12/the-history-about-each-vegetable/