During World War II, Japanese soldiers lived on potatoes, which also reflected their lack of logistical support.
The queen of France goes out to wear potatoes. Potatoes used to be the darling of fashion.
There is more than one story about small potatoes grown on Mars?
The movie "Mars Rescue" is on fire, and so are the small potatoes.
The most interesting scene is that Matt Damon grows potatoes on Mars. Potatoes are native to the Andes and the coastal mountainous areas of Chile. They are the main food of local Indians and were introduced to Europe in the16th century.
After a long time, potatoes no longer play a role in food, but are regarded as exotic flowers and herbs. "The Queen of France wears potato flowers on her head as a symbol of fashion and nobility."
After potatoes became human food, they also brought disasters to millions of people. 1844, an oomycete causing late blight spread to Europe and landed in Ireland the following year, which reduced the yield of Irish potatoes in the following year 1/3 and 3/4. The famine lasted until 1852 for seven years. "This unprecedented famine has reduced Ireland's population by 20% to 25%, of which about 6.5438+million people died of hunger and disease, and about 6.5438+million people emigrated overseas due to famine." Mars grows potatoes? Gravity is the biggest BUG.
In the movie Mars Rescue, Matt Damon, who plays a botanist, planted potatoes on Mars through a series of cool and funny procedures such as digging, defecation, greenhouse and water production.
Practically speaking, can potatoes really be grown on Mars?
In the movie, the potato discovered by Matt Damon is the food for Thanksgiving. However, as mentioned in the movie, it takes four years for the spacecraft to sail from the earth to Mars, which means that this package of small potatoes was four years ago, and the potatoes will not germinate after four years' journey. Hu Jianjun said that potatoes should be packed in vacuum, which will not affect the normal growth of potatoes, and is beneficial to the long-term preservation of potatoes, but it may not be preserved for 4 years. "In the case of vacuum preservation, if it is preserved for up to 7 months, the potato will sprout."
Perhaps the biggest problem is gravity.
Damon grows potatoes, which seems reasonable on earth. He used the Martian soil as soil, took it as fertilizer, and used high technology that most liberal arts students didn't understand. In chemical experiments, he burned synthetic water from aviation fuel, used plastic sheds and lamps as greenhouses, and potatoes sprouted and grew in dozens of days. "In addition to water, soil, fertilization and other conditions, the biggest trouble may be the gravity of Mars. The gravity on Mars is much smaller than that on Earth. Plants can't grow in weightlessness. It is hard to say whether potatoes can grow in microgravity like Mars. "
However, according to public information, potatoes can actually be planted on Mars. Director Scott said that the original work came from NASA's Mars program, and the film was also supported by NASA. How to produce oxygen on Mars and how to grow potatoes on Mars have scientific experimental prototypes of NASA. It is understood that NASA has carried out simulated food planting in the laboratory, and the soil they use is to simulate the PH value and chemical composition of real Martian soil. Scientists planted dozens of crops in simulated soil. The thin atmosphere of Mars contains a lot of carbon dioxide, which plants can use to get energy from the sun. Plants can absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, thus transforming Mars into a planet more suitable for human habitation and allowing Mars to breathe freely.
Be sucked into the atmosphere.
Potatoes grown all over the world
An all-around star in the food industry.
Why potatoes? As one of the four major food crops in the world, potato has a short life cycle and comprehensive nutrition, and can be called an all-round star in the food industry.
From the perspective of the whole world, potato is almost the most adaptable food crop in the world, and it is suitable for planting almost anywhere in the world, especially in remote, cold, harsh and arid areas. "Potatoes are the third largest food crop in the world after rice and wheat. There are more than 654.38 billion people eating potatoes in the world, and the global output exceeds 300 million tons. "
High yield, easy planting and short cycle are three advantages of potato. He said that potato plants can be as high as 100 cm, underground stems swell, and several tubers are formed near the soil surface, the number can be as many as 20, and the largest can reach more than 300 grams. At the same time, potato is the first modern "convenience food", with high energy, comprehensive nutrition, easy to grow on a small piece of land, low price, convenient cooking and no need for expensive processing procedures. "Compared with other crops, sowing and management are relatively simple, and the growth cycle is short, which can be completed in about sixty or seventy days, while cereal crops usually need more than 100 days."
At the same time, potatoes are rich in nutrition, and FAO calls them "the king of nutritional value" and "the buried treasure".
In addition to carbohydrates, it also contains a lot of lysine, tryptophan, and rich vitamins and trace elements that protein, minerals and general food crops lack. Among them, vitamin C is 10 times that of apples and potassium is 4 times that of bananas. It is the only nutritious food in the world: it has all the nutrients in grains, vegetables and fruits, but what it lacks is vitamin A, which can be supplemented by drinking milk.
In the Ming Dynasty, China's textual research on plant names and names was introduced into the potato.
Potatoes are native to the Andes of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia in South America. With the discovery of the New World by Columbus, the potato spread from its place of origin to all parts of the world. By the middle of18th century, the potato had spread to most parts of the world for cultivation.
Potato was introduced to China by foreign missionaries in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1573- 16 19), and it has been cultivated for more than 400 years. "/kloc-Around the middle of the 6th century, potatoes were introduced into China from the north and south, and were widely distributed in most areas. The first way: potatoes may be introduced from Holland to Beijing, Tianjin and North China by sea; The second way: After the Dutch introduced potatoes from Southeast Asia to Taiwan Province Province, they spread to Fujian, Guangdong coastal provinces, Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, where they were also called Dutch potatoes.
In the literature of China 17 and 18 century, among the local chronicles of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei provinces, the number of potatoes is the largest. Sichuan is also one of the provinces that planted potatoes earlier.
One. The broadcast of potatoes was closely related to the social and economic situation in China at that time. In the more than 200 years after the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the population increased by 1 100 million almost every year, while the per capita cultivated land decreased relatively, and the growth of grain output could not keep up with the demand of population surge, forcing people to introduce potatoes. During Guangxu period, potatoes were mainly planted in southern Shaanxi. In the 15th year of Guangxu, that is, 1989, the new records of Zhili Prefecture in Qin Zhou also recorded that potatoes were used as food rations.
In the Qing Dynasty, Wu Qirong wrote Textual Research on Plant Names (1848), which mentioned that "there are potatoes in Guizhou and Yunnan. Green stems and leaves, with different densities, are rectangular in shape with many white whiskers and round roots. At all, the roots are as rich as sweet potatoes and the stems are as weak as vines. The cover is yellow, too, to cure hunger and help the poor. In autumn, the roots are fat. It tastes like taro and sweet, like potato and light, and the soup is simmering and burning. The veins are like pea seedlings, which are smooth and meaningful when served with wine. The flowers are purple pentagons with blue stripes in the middle, red in the middle and a wisp of green medicine, which is also clear. Shanxi is planted as a field, popularly called yam egg, which is extremely huge and white in color. Speaking of Zhong Nanshan, planting is particularly complicated, and rich people receive hundreds of Shi Yun every year. " In this paper, there is a sketch of potato, namely potato, which is the first sketch of potato shape in the history of potato cultivation in China.
Potato huacheng fashion
The queen wore flowers to the party. Potatoes are in Europe, a little red.
In 1980s, British soldier walter raleigh joined the tide of European colonization and was called "the pirate captain with a book". He not only established Virginia, the first British colony in America, but also discovered potatoes. It is said that he planted a potato himself and invited friends to eat a dish together. As a result, all his friends said it was terrible. Angry Riley ordered the destruction of all the potatoes planted. In fact, he cooked with potato leaves instead of underground potatoes? In France, potatoes are not eaten, but are blackened as the origin of leprosy, and then embark on the fashion road. Since the middle ages, Europeans have had a strong fear of leprosy. In the Old Testament, it is believed that the epidermis is inevitably related to the human soul, and the damage to the skin means that the person is unclean, so God will punish you. Because the potato skin is uneven, it will turn black soon after being cut. The French think that potatoes can cause leprosy.
According to the article "History of Potato Black", a Frenchman, Anthony Augustine Baamonte, was a pharmacist and was arrested during the "Seven Years' War" in Europe (1756 to 1763). He was later imprisoned in a prison camp in Prussia and ate potatoes eaten by the lower classes. After returning home, he saw that his native country, France, was in famine and there were people who didn't have enough to eat. So he began to publicize the benefits of potatoes, not only growing them himself, but also giving them to prestigious people. But at that time, in addition to leprosy rumors, the French parliament also banned people from planting potatoes, which made the promotion of potatoes encounter great resistance.
In order to popularize potatoes on the French table, Ba Erman presented a bunch of potato flowers at King Louis XIV's birthday party. Potatoes come out in many colors, such as white, pink and purple, which can last for five days. This has won the love of Queen Mary Antonott, who wears a bouquet of potatoes in her hair when she goes out or attends a party. When the king attends state activities or receives foreign guests, he will also pin small potato flowers on the buttons of his coat. All courtiers put potato flowers in button holes, and ladies and wives regard potato flowers as the noblest and most fashionable decorations.
Potato famine Ireland starved millions of people to death.
As the Irish saying goes, there are only two things in the world that can't be joked, one is marriage and the other is potatoes.
This is related to the great famine 200 years ago.
In order to avoid plant diseases and insect pests, South American Indians know in long-term experiments that different kinds of potatoes should be planted in the same field. However, after the Europeans occupied South America, only the varieties with the highest yield were introduced. They don't know that once pests and diseases spread, potatoes will be harvested on a large scale.
In the17th century, imported potato has become the first choice crop in Ireland. By 184 1, the population of Ireland will reach 8 million, of which two thirds are tenant farmers who live on agriculture, and the main crop is potatoes. 1844, an oomycete causing late blight spread to Europe, and the spread speed was very fast. /kloc-0 landed on the island of Ireland in the summer of 845, which reduced the yield of Irish potatoes 1/3, and reduced the yield by 3/4 in the following year. The famine lasted until 1852 for seven years.
Although Ireland is a part of Britain, at first, London didn't care. Until the autumn of 1845, British Prime Minister Robert Peel bought corn and grain worth 654.38+million pounds from America and delivered them to Ireland in February of the following year. However, these foods are not free for the victims, but sold at the price of 1 penny 1 pound, which the hungry victims simply cannot afford. A large number of hungry people in Ireland were waiting to die, and the landlord took the opportunity to expel tenants on a large scale.
From 1849 to1854,250,000 Irish people were officially expelled. Faced with famine, a large number of poor people had to live in foreign countries. In the worst years of famine, an average of 250,000 Irish people migrated to the United States, Canada, Australia and other places every year. The road to escape was extremely difficult, and it was a narrow escape. 1847 Irish immigrants to Canada,15 died of disease and malnutrition. Academics generally believe that this unprecedented famine has reduced the population of Ireland by 20% to 25%.
Ireland and England became enemies. 1848 On July 29th, the "Young Ireland" movement, which advocated stopping food export and closing the port, launched an uprising in county tipperary, which was quickly suppressed by the British police, but it started Ireland's struggle for independence.