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crop
Also known as agricultural crop, agricultural crops, crops, crops, agricultural
A crop is a plant or plant product harvested for human use. Crops are cultivated at scale to produce food, fiber, fuel, and other products. Crops have been central to human civilization since the first agricultural revolution, a key stage in the broader history of agriculture, when early societies domesticated plants for food and trade. Today, a small number of staple crops such as rice, wheat, maize, and sugarcane account for the majority of global production. Because of their economic importance, crops are studied within several scientific disciplines, including agronomy, agricultural scienc
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A crop is a plant or plant product that people grow and harvest for use, providing food, fiber, fuel, and other goods that are essential to human societies. Crops have been vital to civilization since humans first began farming thousands of years ago, and today just a handful of staple crops like rice, wheat, and maize feed much of the world's population.
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Research
168,228 papers- Lactobacilli which attach to the crop epithelium of the fowl.ReviewThe American journal of clinical nutrition · 1974Fuller R, Brooker BEDOI: 10.1093/ajcn/27.11.1305
- Pigeon crop-sac as a model system for studying the direct and indirect effects of hormones and growth factors on cell growth and differentiation in vivo.ReviewThe Journal of experimental zoology. Supplement : published under auspices of the American Society of Zoologists and the Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry · 1990Nicoll CSDOI: 10.1002/jez.1402560413
- Effect of platelet-activating factor on food intake, cloacal temperature, voluntary activity and crop emptying rate in chicks.Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators · 2024Tachibana T, One C, Khan S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2024.106818
- Predicted metabolizable energy density and amino acid profile of the crop contents of free-living scarlet macaw chicks (Ara macao).
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8 sectionsContents
- Types
- Methods of cropping
- Global production
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
A crop is a plant or plant product harvested for human use. Crops are cultivated at scale to produce food, fiber, fuel, and other products. Crops have been central to human civilization since the first agricultural revolution, a key stage in the broader history of agriculture, when early societies domesticated plants for food and trade. Today, a small number of staple crops such as rice, wheat, maize, and sugarcane account for the majority of global production. Because of their economic importance, crops are studied within several scientific disciplines, including agronomy, agricultural science, horticulture, and forestry.
== Types ==