{"id":4536,"date":"2023-04-11T21:16:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T20:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriculturelore.com\/?p=4536"},"modified":"2023-04-11T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T20:16:09","slug":"what-is-variety-in-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agriculturelore.com\/what-is-variety-in-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"What is variety in agriculture?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that supported the development of cities. The history of agriculture began thousands of years ago. After gathering wild grains beginning at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers began to plant them around 11,500 years ago. Pigs, sheep and cattle were domesticated over 10,000 years ago. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture in the twentieth century came to dominate agricultural output, though about 2 billion people still depended on subsistence agriculture into the twenty-first.<\/p>\n

Variety in agriculture refers to the cultivation of different types of crops in the same field. This results in a greater diversity of plant species which can provide a more resilient ecosystem and increased crop yields.<\/p>\n

What is the meaning of varieties in agriculture? <\/h2>\n

A cultivar is a plant variety that has been created or selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation. These characteristics may be aesthetic, such as size, color, or form, or functional, such as disease resistance. Cultivars are created or selected for propagation because they have superior characteristics compared to other plants of the same species.<\/p>\n

A cultivar is a plant that is produced and maintained by horticulturists but does not produce true-to-seed; whereas, a variety is a group of plants within a species that has one or more distinguishing characteristics and usually produces true-to-seed.<\/p>\n

What is an example of a variety plant <\/h3>\n