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In agriculture, grain quality depends on the use of the grain.In ethanol production, the chemical composition of grain such as starch content is important, in food and feed manufacturing, properties such as protein, oil and sugar are significant, in the milling industry, soundness is the most important factor to consider when it comes to the quality of grain.
The grasses and legumes which are grown in arable land and left for animals to graze-on. The straw of paddy and cholam and dry plants of pulse crops and groundnut form important forages. The foliage of a number of trees and shrubs which are edible to animals form another source of forage especially in dry areas and during the periods of scarcity.
Wheat gluten-based meat substitutes are important in the Far East (albeit less than tofu) and are said to resemble meat texture more than others. [92] Barley: 72 157 133 123 159 Grown for malting and livestock on land too poor or too cold for wheat. [92] Sorghum: 41 57 56 60 58 Important staple food in Asia and Africa and popular worldwide for ...
In Medieval England, farmers saved one-quarter of their wheat harvest as seed for the next crop, leaving only three-quarters for food and feed consumption. By 1999, the global average seed use of wheat was about 6% of output. [119] In the 21st century, rising temperatures associated with global warming are reducing wheat yield in several locations.
Hybrid seeds planted by the farmer produce similar plants, but the seeds of the next generation from those hybrids will not consistently have the desired characteristics because of genetic assortment. It is therefore rarely desirable to save the seeds from hybrid plants to start the next crop.
Common wheat was first domesticated in West Asia during the early Holocene, and spread from there to North Africa, Europe and East Asia in the prehistoric period. [citation needed] Naked wheats (including Triticum aestivum, T. durum, and T. turgidum) were found in Roman burial sites ranging from 100 BCE to 300 CE.
A second strategy is to hybridize wheat with T. intermedium to create a strain of wheat that mimics T. intermedium ' s resistance and perenniality but retains wheat's seed size and yield. In other words, this second strategy gives wheat more T. intermedium-like characteristics. Researchers hope that these two strategies will progress and meet ...
Dry seed 01: Start of imbibition 03: Imbibition complete 05: Radicle emerged from seed 07: Coleoptile emerged from seed 09: 0.0: Leaf just at coleoptile tip Seedling growth 10: 1: First leaf through coleoptile 11: 1.+ First leaf unfolded 12: 1.+ 2 leaves unfolded 13: 2.+ 3 leaves unfolded 14: 3.+ 4 leaves unfolded 15: 4.+ 5 leaves unfolded 16: ...