Why is China the country with the earliest origin of crops in the world
China has the longest agricultural history. It is a famous agricultural country in the world and one of the earliest crop origin centers in the world. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have been known all over the world for their diligence and courage. Domestication and breeding of wild plants have been carried out for a long time, such as rice, wheat, millet, soybean, sorghum and so on. Therefore, China has made great contributions to the agricultural development of the whole world.
Agriculture in ancient China
China began to grow rice more than 5000 years ago, hundreds of years earlier than India. It is the country with the longest history of planting rice in the world. There is also a long history of millet cultivation. According to research, millet from China was introduced into Japan, India, Pakistan and other countries very early. In addition, China's wheat can be planted not only on the plain, but also on the roof of the world at a very high altitude. Corn entered China from Xifan long ago, and planting is very common. Sorghum began to be planted more than 5000 years ago, and then spread to Asian countries. The above shows that China is a large agricultural country with a long history and has made outstanding contributions to the development of human agriculture.
Patterns in crops
1. The central and western mountainous areas of China and their adjacent lowlands are the earliest and largest origins of agricultural and cultivated plants in the world. There are 136 kinds of cultivated plants originated in China, ranking first among the centers of origin. Among them, the main crops are millet, millet, millet, barnyardgrass, barley, buckwheat, soybean, red bean, yam, ramie, hemp, chrysanthemum, astragalus, etc.
2. The origin center of India refers to Assam region in eastern India and Myanmar. The main crops include rice, dragon claw grass, mung bean, sugarcane, jute, taro, sesame, etc.
Center of origin in the Near East
3. The origin center of Central Asia includes northwest India, northern Pakistan, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Tajik, Uzbekistan and the west of Tianshan Mountain. The main crops originated here are wheat, peas, broad beans, flax, etc.
China began to grow rice more than 5000 years ago
4. The center of origin in the Near East includes the central part of Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Iran and the Turkmen plateau. Crops originated in this area include durum wheat, common wheat, cone wheat, Persian wheat, two rowed barley, rye, oats, alfalfa and so on.
5. The crops originating from the Mediterranean origin center in this area include two grain wheat, Polish Wheat, spilt wheat, Mediterranean oats, large grain peas, large grain broad beans, lupine beans, sweet Lai, clover, etc.
Eight origin centers of world crops
6. The main crops in the origin center of Ethiopia are sorghum, pea, flax, sesame and castor, there are many types of barley, and wheat includes durum, cone, two grain, Persian wheat, etc.
7. The origin center of southern Mexico and Central America. The crops originated from this center include corn, sweet potato, upland cotton, etc.
8. The centre of origin of Chile and the centre of origin of South America include the centre of origin of Paraguay. The origin center of Chile, this area is the origin of potato; Brazil is the origin center of Paraguay, where peanuts, tobacco, cassava, sea island cotton and other crops originated.
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