cultivation
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They compared imported varieties for such traits as maturity, yield, plant form and suitability for seed or hay, selecting strains that showed promise for cultivation in the United States.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Climate change has had some advantages for Germany's winegrowers over the years, allowing them to experiment with grape varieties better suited to warmer climes and making cultivation possible in new areas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
He said the new findings provide unusually strong evidence that natural selection acted on this gene in the Andes after potato cultivation began.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
In addition, light, well-drained soil is well-suited to strawberry cultivation.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
In most farming societies people focused on plant cultivation; raising animals was a secondary activity.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
The new program will attempt to prosecute underlying labor crimes, environmental crimes and the underground economy centered around the illicit cultivations, said Attorney General Rob Bonta.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
Rowe said she and other officials want to fund an eradication campaign that “will come down so hard and so often on these cultivations that they won’t be able to survive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
Today, any Franklinia trees you might encounter in cemeteries, gardens and parks are descendants of Mr. Bartram’s cultivations.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2020
The new cultivations are challenging long-held beliefs in some conservative communities, including this one, where a rural libertarian streak is confronting a crop still stigmatized despite its legality.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2018
The extension of improvement and cultivations tends to raise it directly.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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