FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
MICROORGANISMS IN FOOD
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tomato plant
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earth worm
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grass
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dung beetle
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sunflower
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Detailed explanation-1: -sunflower, (genus Helianthus), genus of nearly 70 species of herbaceous plants of the aster family (Asteraceae). Sunflowers are native primarily to North and South America, and some species are cultivated as ornamentals for their spectacular size and flower heads and for their edible seeds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sunflowers are both producers and consumers within a food web. Sunflowers recycle energy from the soil back into the food web. Sunflowers are the source of food and energy for only the herbivores in the food web.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sunflowers are considered oilseeds. Sunflowers are processed into cooking oil, meal and confectionary products. Distinct varieties are used for oil and for confectionary purposes. Meal is a byproduct of the oil is extraction process and is used primarily as an ingredient in livestock feed rations.