Plants and the person. Introduction in culture of new kinds of wild-growing plants

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One of directions in agriculture development is an introduction in culture of the new plants which have been selected among wild-growing forms. from approximately quarter of one million kinds existing now pokrytosemennyh some hundreds kinds have economic value, and the number of the basic agricultural crops does not exceed several tens. among an improbable variety still not used seed plants, undoubtedly, is available a lot of such which could become useful to the person. The huge majority of these plants lives in tropics and subtropics and consequently did not involve in itself attention of our agriculture dated for a moderate belt. with penetration of agriculture into new areas, many of which lie in tropics, in a circle of agricultural crops, possibly, it would be possible to enter new kinds for reception from them both a foodstuff, and other new products.

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