Crop plant
A cultivated plant is a plant which, through human intervention, is cultivated, cultivated and cultivated in a targeted manner as a useful or ornamental plant .
A crop variety that is different from other, related species based on morphological , physiological , cytological , chemical differs or other characteristics, is also called cultural variety or cultivar . The difference is the rank in the international code of the nomenclature of cultivated plants , which regulates the uniform naming of cultivated plant varieties.
In contrast to wild plants, cultivated plants show typical changes. For example, the dormancy of the mature seeds may be reduced. In the case of cereals, the seeds to be harvested later do not fall out of their seat as quickly. Some cultivated plants such as some citrus fruits no longer form seeds at all. A huge growth compared to the wild plant is also typical for most cultivated plants.
See also
literature
- Thomas Miedaner: Cultivated Plants. Botany - History - Perspectives. Springer, Berlin et al. 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-55292-2 .
- Daniel Zohary, Maria Hopf: Domestication of Plants in the Old World. The Origin and Spread of Cultivated Plants in West Asia, Europe, and the Nile Valley. Oxford Science Publications. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1988.
- Daniel Zohary: Domestication of Plants in the Old World: The Origin and Spread of Cultivated Plants in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin. 2000.
Individual evidence
- ^ Dudenredaktion (ed.): Duden, German Universal Dictionary. 6th, revised and expanded edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-05506-7 .
- ↑ a b cultivated plant. In: Adolf Hanle (Ed.): Schülerduden. The geography. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 1991, ISBN 3-411-04222-2 .