The pineapple is a tropical plant grown for its edible fruit and is the most economically significant member of the Bromeliaceae family. Native to South America, it has been cultivated there for many centuries, and its introduction to Europe in the seventeenth century made it a cultural icon of luxury. Since the 1820s it has also been grown commercially in greenhouses and tropical plantations. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Archaeological evidence of use is found as far back as 1200–800 BC (3200–2800 BP) in Peru
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1. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database: USDA PLANTS profile data for Ananas comosus
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"Durations": [ "Perennial" ]
2. Pineapple (Wikipedia)
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- lead: the fruit, particularly its juice, has diverse uses in cuisines and desserts
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The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.
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Ananas comosus
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The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.
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The pineapple is native to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries.
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The pineapple is a tropical plant grown for its edible fruit and is the most economically significant member of the Bromeliaceae family.
View the Source Reniform Nematode (Wikipedia)
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It has a wide host range that includes fruit trees, lentil, cotton, pigeon pea, tea, tobacco, soybean, pineapple, banana, okra, coconut, cabbage, sweet potato, alfalfa, corn, asparagus, palm, cucumber, tomato, squash, cassava, radish, eggplant, guava, melon, chickpea, and ginger.
Dysmicoccus brevipes (Wikipedia)
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The species is found primarily on pineapple and other species in the genus Ananas, but also infests citrus trees, cotton, banana, coffee and other plants.
Phytophthora cinnamomi (Wikipedia)
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It affects a range of economic plants, including food crops such as avocado and pineapple; as well as trees and woody ornamentals such as Fraser firs, shortleaf pines, loblolly pines, azaleas, camellia and boxwood, causing root rot, dieback and death of infected plants.
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