Potato

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Solanum tuberosum
Species Solanum tuberosum 
Growing area global 
Range Ubiquitous 
Taxonomy Plantae>Angiosperms>Eudicots>Asterids>Solanales>Solanaceae

Potatos are extraordinarily useful as a foodstock for humans and as a feedstock for chemistry.

Uses

Primary

  • Nutritious, abundant, and easily cultivated Foodstock. Along with dent corn, potatos produce three times the calories per acre, and twice the calories per liter of water of other plants, making them kings of "austere" agriculture

Secondary

Hazards

Cultivation

Harvest

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