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Module 6.1: Crop Life Cycles and Environments

Climate, soil resources, and the organisms in the environment influence which food and fiber crop plants humans can produce. To overcome environmental resource limitations, humans also alter the environment to produce food and fiber crops.

  • Plant Life Histories
  • Annuals
  • Perennials
  • Crop Life Cycles and Environments
  • Perennials and Soil Conservation

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Lessons

  • Food and the Future Environment
    • Section 1: Introduction
    • Section 2: Environmental Dynamics and Drivers
      • Module 4: Food and Water
      • Module 5: Soils as a Key Resource for Food Systems
      • Module 6: Crops
        • Goals and Learning Objectives
        • Module 6.1: Crop Life Cycles and Environments
          • Plant Life Histories
          • Annuals
          • Perennials
          • Crop Life Cycles and Environments
          • Perennials and Soil Conservation
        • Module 6.2: Crop Plant Characteristic Classification and Climatic Adaptations
        • Summative Assessment: Top 15 World Agricultural Commodities
      • Capstone Project Stage 2 Assignment
    • Section 3: Systems Approaches to Managing our Food Systems
    • Section 4: Food Systems and Sustainability

Course materials prepared by: Heather Karsten, Steven Vanek, and Karl Zimmerer, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, and Gigi Richard, Colorado Mesa University, with Contributions from Mark Blumler, The State University of New York, Binghamton.

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