soy

The ancestor of the soybean is //Glycine soja// (previously called //G. ussuriensis//), a legume who's origins lie in central China. The soybean had, and still is, been used in China for 5,000 years as a food and a ingredient for drugs. According to ancient Chinese myth, in 2853 BC the Emperor Shennong of China announced that five plants were sacred, the most important one was the soybean. It was revered for its root structure as a means of crop rotation. farming of soybeans was localized mostly to China, but it gradually spread to other parts of the world. The oldest soybeans were found in archaeological sites in Korea dated around 1000 BCE, though it is uncertain if they were wild, or cultivated strains - though the size of farmed beans, the main distinction between the two is a genetic difference that determines whether the wild pods use explosions to scatter their seeds, but the archeologists couldn't determine which ones these soybeans were from the remains. Wild-size soybeans have been discovered in the Yellow River basin of China. Radiocarbon dating the samples recovered through flotation during excavations at the Early Mumun period Okbang site in Korea suggests that soybean was farmed for food in ca. 1000–900 BC. Consider the following in your reflection: How does understanding about this plants and its history relate to your life in a global community? Comment on humans and their control over nature. How has our society's experience of food changed? Provide two questions for further study. when researching this page I learned that many cultures depend on the soybean; People in china used it in helping other plants grow for over 5,000 years, then they used it for food. rice is
 * Plant Name: Soy**
 * Domestication**: East Asia/1000-900 BCE.
 * Biology:** //Glycine max// (L.) Merr., we use the beans for a multitude of purposes. Cultivation is successful in areas with hot summers, with growing conditions in the temperature range of 20 to 30 °C (68 to 86 °F); temperatures of below 20 °C and over 40 °C (68 °F, 104 °F) stunt growth greatly. They can grow in many different soils, with the best growth in moist alluvial soils with a good amount of organic content. Soybeans, like most legumes, perform nitrogen fixation by establishing a symbiotic relationship with the bacterium //Bradyrhizobium japonicum// ( syn. //Rhizobium japonicum//;). However, for best results an sam ple of the correct strain of bacteria should be combined with the soybean seed before planting. Modern farmed samples of the crop generally reach a height of around 1 m (3.3 ft), and take 80–120 days from planting the seeds to harvesting the beans.
 * Human/Plant relationship**: Today's version of the soybean has been genetically altered greatly by companies in order to make the plant more efficient, such as a Roundup Ready variety. Please explain this
 * Refection:** In a paragraph I want you to describe what you learned and what you wonder about plants and humans.

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