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thumb|upright=1.35|Various food grains at a market in IndiaA grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes.
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A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit harvested from plants and used as food for people and animals. The two main types of grain crops grown commercially are cereals and legumes, making grains important food sources worldwide.
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Research
219,940 papers- Cereal seed storage proteins: structures, properties and role in grain utilization.ReviewJournal of experimental botany · 2002Shewry PR, Halford NGDOI: 10.1093/jexbot/53.370.947
- The transcription factor MYB44 suppresses starch synthesis to negatively regulate grain weight and yield in wheat and rice.Molecular plant · 2025Liu Y, Wang M, Wang Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2025.06.007
- The OsIAA3-OsARF16-OsBUL1 auxin signaling module regulates grain size in rice.Plant physiology · 2025Xian F, Liu S, Huang J et al.DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf122
- The E3 ligase OsPUB33 controls rice grain size and weight by regulating the OsNAC120-BG1 module.The Plant cell · 2024Xie Z, Sun Y, Zhan C et al.DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae297
- Control of grain size in rice.ReviewPlant reproduction · 2018Li N, Xu R, Duan P et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00497-018-0333-6
- Solutions for whole grain food development.ReviewNutrition reviews · 2020Tan B, Wu NN, Zhai XTDOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuz068
- A molecular framework for the GS2-SUG1 module-mediated control of grain size and weight in rice.Nature communications · 2025Li Y, Huang K, Zhang L et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59236-w
- Grain Intake and Human Health.Nutrients · 2020Zingone FDOI: 10.3390/nu12123733
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- seed
- Image
- 040719 172 dorset marnhull.jpg
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- facet of
- cereals and pseudocereals
- has characteristic
- hygroscopy
- Commons category
- Grain
- topic's main category
- Category:Grains
- has list
- list of edible seeds
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- natural product of taxon
- Poaceae
- used by
- agriculture
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