Course: HRT 125 Plants and Society

Reading and Multimedia Assignments

Reading Assignments
Reading Assignments
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Sugar Cane: Past and Present  by Peter Sharpe, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
This article describes the historical and current distribution of sugar cane, methods of propagation, diseases and pest that effect the plant, cane breeding,  yields, processes, and uses.

Vegetables From Underground   by W. P. Armstrong
The author describes root vegetables grown in various places around the world and includes a brief history of the use of the common potato.