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The Botany of Desire: The Potato

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Discover the agricultural creativity involved in the domestication and proliferation of potatoes. Viewers learn how early Peruvians adapted to nature rather than trying to control it. Part of "The Botany of Desire" series.

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Runtime: 2 minutes 46 seconds

Topic: Geography, Science
Subtopic: Biology, Plants, South America
Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
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Release Year: 2009
Producer/Distributor: PBS Learning Media
Series: The Botany of Desire
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A sketch of a man with a hat holding a plant. Caption: Narrator, John Chapman was born in 1774 in massachusetts.

Apples hang from an apple tree. Caption: This, scientists say, is the apple's genetic home.

A vast agricultural land with varieties of plants laid in strips. Caption: It's a botanical version of Noah's Ark.

Green Apples hang from an apple tree. Caption: Pero tan solo observar la diversidad de esas manzanas.

A poster for Washington state apples displays apples with a caption apple a day. Only the finest. Caption: an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

A hamlet in a Peruvian Valley. Caption: the potato plant around 8,000 years ago.

A farmer carries a small pouch in his field. Caption: Heath farms without using toxic chemicals.

Red earthworms. Caption: are more likely to develop resistance.