noun
crop domestication
Technical term in agriculture for the process of adapting wild plants for human cultivation.
イネの栽培化は約1万年前に始まった。
The domestication of rice began about 10,000 years ago.
家畜化 refers to animal domestication, whereas 栽培化 is for plants.
Compound of 栽培 (cultivation) and 化 (-ization), literally 'cultivation-ization'.