Soybean
The soybean (or soya bean) is a plant with fruit called beans, from Eastern Asia. The height of a grown soybean is between less than 20 centimetres and up to 2 metres. One soybean lives for only one year.
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| Species: | G. max
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Uses
Soybeans can be eaten or used to make oil, sauce, milk, flour, tofu and other foods. These soy foods have much protein, and many vegetarians like that.
Soybean oil has a component of oleic acid that can be used to make an insect repellent. Also fuel can be made from soybeans.
Soybeans can also be fermented to make nattō.
History
In 1997, 81% of all soybeans were of genetically modified stock. This means that genes were changed directly.
In China, going back the ancient Chou dynasty soy beans were considered to be one of the five sacred foods.
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Soybean Media
Soybean crops in Minnesota
Beans for sale at a supermarket in China
Glycine max, Fabeceae, Soybean, fruits; Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany.
A small insect sits on the purple flower of a soybean plant near the town of Flora, Indiana.
Graded Soyabean Seed
Cropduster over soybean field
Soybean field in the Proivince of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Soybeanrust
