Encyclopedia - Yoghurt: Encyclopedia - Yoghurt
Yoghurt or yogurt, less commonly yoghourt or yogourt, is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. Any sort of milk may...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vitis Riparia: Encyclopedia - Vitis Riparia
Vitis riparia Michx, also commonly known as River Bank Grape or Frost Grape, is a native American climbing or trailing vine, widely distr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cocoa: Encyclopedia - Cocoa
Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. In the United States, 'cocoa' often...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zinc Pyrithione: Encyclopedia - Zinc Pyrithione
Zinc pyrithione (abbreviated ZnP and also known as pyrithione zinc) is an antifungal agent best known for its use in treating dandruff an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia - Wheat
T. aestivum T. aethiopicum T. araraticum T. boeoticum T. carthlicum T. compactum T. dicoccon T. durum T. ispahanicum T. karamyschevii T. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copper: Encyclopedia - Copper
Copper is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. Copper - History. In Greek times, the me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leviticus: Encyclopedia - Leviticus
Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible, also the third book in the Torah (five books of Moses). Christians refer to the Hebrew B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomato: Encyclopedia - Tomato
The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, native to Central and South America, from Mexico to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dead Drop: Encyclopedia - Dead Drop
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet. Spies have been known to use de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binoculars: Encyclopedia - Binoculars
Binocular telescopes or binoculars are two identical or mirror-symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point accuratel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comfrey: Encyclopedia - Comfrey
Comfrey is an important herb in organic gardening, having many medicinal and fertiliser uses. Comfrey - Description. Comfrey (Symphytum ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comfrey: Encyclopedia Ii - Comfrey - Cultivation
The comfrey bed should be well prepared by weeding thoroughly, and dressing with manure if available. Offsets should be planted 2-3 feet ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - History
Domestic wheat originated in southwest Asia in what is now known as the Fertile Crescent. The earliest archaeological evidence for wheat ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomato: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomato - History And Distribution
Tomato - Early history. According to Andrew F. Smith's The Tomato in America, the tomato probably originated in the highlands on the we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copper: Encyclopedia Ii - Copper - History
In Greek times, the metal was known by the name chalkos (χαλκός). Copper was a very important resource for the Romans and Greeks. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cocoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocoa - History
Chocolate and cocoa are made from the beans of the cacao tree, which apparently originated in the foothills of the Andes in the Amazon an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leviticus: Encyclopedia Ii - Leviticus - Summary
The book is generally considered to consist of two large sections, both of which contain several mitzvot, and thus the work constitutes a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annecy-le-vieux: Encyclopedia Ii - Annecy-le-vieux - History
The banks of Lake Annecy have been occupied by since at least 4000 BC. A Gallic tribe, the Allobroges, occupied the area in pre-Roma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binoculars: Encyclopedia Ii - Binoculars - Choosing Binoculars
Ideally a pair of binoculars will produce two uniformly sharp images, each of perfect quality, with no errors of geometry or colour-corre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aspergillus: Encyclopedia Ii - Aspergillus - Growth And Distribution
Aspergilli are highly aerobic organisms and are found in almost all oxygen-rich environments, where they commonly grow as moulds on the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoghurt: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoghurt - Home-made Yoghurt
Home-made yoghurt is consumed by many people throughout the world, and is the norm in countries where yoghurt has an important place in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garden Strawberry: Encyclopedia Ii - Garden Strawberry - Cultivation
Strawberry varieties vary remarkably in size, colour, flavour, shape, degree of fertility, season of ripening, liability to disease and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Classical Plant Breeding
Classical plant breeding uses deliberate interbreeding (crossing) of closely or distantly related species to produce new crops with desir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priestly Code: Encyclopedia Ii - Priestly Code - Modifications
According to critical scholarship, the entire Priestly Code is a later addition, within the Priestly Source, to the earlier Holiness Code...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priestly Code: Encyclopedia Ii - Priestly Code - Composition
It is evident that rules of priestly procedure must have accompanied the institution of the priesthood, and in the earliest of times, bef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Issues And Concerns
Modern plant breeding, whether classical or through genetic engineering, comes with issues of concern, particularly with regard to food c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priestly Code: Encyclopedia Ii - Priestly Code - Constituent Parts
Although several of the portions of the code form the bulk of Leviticus, there are several laws which appear in several other places in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Genetic Modification
Genetic modification of plants is achieved by adding a specific gene or genes to a plant, or by knocking out a gene with RNAi, to produce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoghurt: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoghurt - Bulgarian Yoghurt
Bulgarian yoghurt is popular for its specific taste, aroma, and quality and is commonly consumed plain. The qualities are specific to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - Naming
There are many taxonomic classification systems used for wheat species, discussed in a separate article on Wheat taxonomy. It is good to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - Production And Consumption Statistics
In the 2004 crop year, global wheat production totalled 624 million tonnes and the top wheat producing countries were: China: 91.3 milli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leviticus: Encyclopedia Ii - Leviticus - Academic Context
Most modern scholars of biblical criticism support the documentary hypothesis. In this, almost the entirity of Leviticus is identified as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Domestication
Domestication of plants is a selection process conducted by humans to produce plants that meet the needs of the farmer and the consumer. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aspergillus: Encyclopedia Ii - Aspergillus - Aspergillosis
Aspergillosis is the group of diseases caused by Aspergillus. The symptoms include fever, cough, chest pain or breathlessness, which also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cocoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocoa - Harvesting
A pod has a rough leathery rind about 3 cm (1¼ inch) thick. It is filled with slimy pinkish pulp, sweet but inedible, enclosing from 30 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoghurt: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoghurt - History
Yoghurt is traditionally believed to be an invention of the Bulgars from Central Asia, although there is evidence of other cultured milk ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cocoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocoa - Use Of Cocoa
Uses of cocoa are numerous. It may be used in cakes, creams, drinks, toppings. Besides its use as a food, science has discovered that coc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - Naming
There are many taxonomic classification systems used for wheat species. It is good to keep in mind that the name of a wheat species from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - Hulled Vs. Free-threshing Wheat
All four wild species of wheat, and in the domesticated einkorn, emmer and spelt wheats are hulled (in German, Spelzweizen). This more pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - Economics
Harvested wheat grain is classified according to grain properties (see below) for the purposes of the commodities market. Wheat buyers us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - Production And Consumption Statistics
In the 2004 crop year, global wheat production totalled 624 million tonnes and the top wheat producing countries were: China: 91.3 milli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - Wheat In The United States
Classes used in the United States are Durum - Very hard, translucent, light colored grain used to make semolina flour for pasta. Hard Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - Agronomy
Wheat - Crop development. Crop management decisions require the knowledge of stage of development of the crop. In particular, spring fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - Genetics & Breeding
Wheat genetics is more complicated than domesticated animal genetics. Wheat is capable of polyploidy, or having more than two sets of chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheat: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheat - History
Domestic wheat originated in southwest Asia in what is now known as the Fertile Crescent. The earliest archaeological evidence for wheat ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leviticus: Encyclopedia Ii - Leviticus - Academic Context
Most modern scholars of biblical criticism support the documentary hypothesis. In this, almost the entirity of Leviticus is identified as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leviticus: Encyclopedia Ii - Leviticus - Religious Interpretation
Leviticus - Jewish views. Orthodox Jews believe that this entire book is the word of God, dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai. In T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomato: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomato - Cultivation And Uses
The tomato is now grown world-wide for its edible fruits, with thousands of cultivars having been selected with varying fruit types, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomato: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomato - Tomato Legends
There are many legends about the tomato. For example, it has been claimed that tomatoes were not widely eaten in the U.S until the late 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomato: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomato - Controversies
Tomato - Botanical classification. In 1753 the tomato was placed in the genus Solanum by Linnaeus as Solanum lycopersicum L. (derivatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binoculars: Encyclopedia Ii - Binoculars - Design Details
Binoculars to be used to view objects which are not at a fixed distance must have a focussing arrangement. In some cases the two telescop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binoculars: Encyclopedia Ii - Binoculars - Optical Parameters
The diameter of the objective lenses determines the light-gathering power and the ultimate resolving power of the binoculars. The ratio o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cocoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocoa - Producing Chocolate
To make 1 kg (2.2 pounds) of chocolate, about 300–600 beans are processed. In a factory, the beans are washed and roasted. Next they ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cocoa: Encyclopedia Ii - Cocoa - Harvesting
A pod has a rough leathery rind about 3 cm (1¼ inch) thick. It is filled with slimy pinkish pulp, sweet but inedible, enclosing from 30 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copper: Encyclopedia Ii - Copper - Physical Characteristics
Copper is a reddish-coloured metal, with a high electrical and thermal conductivity (among pure metals at room temperature, only silver h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garden Strawberry: Encyclopedia Ii - Garden Strawberry - Pollination
Most cultivars are somewhat self fertile, but good bee activity has been shown to improve pollination, which results in larger and better...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Garden Strawberry: Encyclopedia Ii - Garden Strawberry - Nutrition
One cup (144 g) of strawberries constitutes approximately 45 calories (188 kJ) and is an excellent source of vitamin C and flavonoids. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copper: Encyclopedia Ii - Copper - Tests For Copper2+ Ion
Add aqueous sodium hydroxide. A blue precipitate of copper(II) hydroxide should form, by the displacement of the copper ions by sodium io...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binoculars: Encyclopedia Ii - Binoculars - Maintenance
If the binoculars are not collimated properly, i.e., if the images from the two tubes are not properly aligned, then they will give poor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Binoculars: Encyclopedia Ii - Binoculars - Optical Construction
When light strikes an interface between two materials of different refractive index (e.g., at an air-glass interface), some of the light ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comfrey: Encyclopedia Ii - Comfrey - Description
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.) is a perennial herb of the family Boraginaceae with a black, turnip-like root and large, hairy broad le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comfrey: Encyclopedia Ii - Comfrey - Medicinal Uses
Rosemary Morrow writes that 'Russian comfrey and garlic could together, according to natural health usage, almost halve the present ills ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copper: Encyclopedia Ii - Copper - Biological Role
Copper is essential in all higher plants and animals. Copper is carried mostly in the bloodstream on a plasma protein called ceruloplasmi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plant Breeding: Encyclopedia Ii - Plant Breeding - Domestication
Domestication of plants is a selection process conducted by humans to produce plants that meet the needs of the farmer and the consumer. ...   » Read the article