wheat
Sign in to saveWheat is a group of wild and domesticated grasses of the genus Triticum (). As cereals, they are cultivated for their grains, which are staple foods around the world. Well-known wheat species and hybrids include the most widely grown common wheat (T. aestivum), spelt, durum, emmer, einkorn, and Khorasan or Kamut. The archaeological record suggests that wheat was first cultivated in the regions of the Fertile Crescent around 9600 BC.
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Wheat is a type of grass whose grains are grown and eaten as a staple food in many parts of the world. It has been cultivated by humans since around 9600 BC in the Fertile Crescent, and today includes several widely grown varieties like common wheat, spelt, and durum.
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40 sectionsContents
- Description
- History
- Domestication
- Early farming
- Spread
- Evolution
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomy
- As a food
- Grain classes
- Food value and uses
- Nutrition
- Health advisories
- Production and consumption
- 19th century
- Late 20th century yields
- 21st century
- Agronomy
- Growing wheat <span class="anchor" id="Spring wheat"></span>
- Crop development
- Farming techniques
- Pests and diseases
- Diseases
- Animal pests
- Breeding objectives
- For higher yields
- For disease resistance
- To create hybrid vigour
- For gluten content
- For water efficiency
- For insect resistance
- Genomics
- Decoding the genome
- Genetic engineering
- In art
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Wheat is a group of wild and domesticated grasses of the genus Triticum (). As cereals, they are cultivated for their grains, which are staple foods around the world. Well-known wheat species and hybrids include the most widely grown common wheat (T. aestivum), spelt, durum, emmer, einkorn, and Khorasan or Kamut. The archaeological record suggests that wheat was first cultivated in the regions of the Fertile Crescent around 9600 BC.
Wheat is grown on a larger area of land than any other food crop ( in 2021). World trade in wheat is greater than that of all other crops combined. In 2021, world wheat production was , making it the second most-produced cereal after maize (known as corn in North America and Australia; wheat is often called corn in other countries including Britain). Since 1960, world production of wheat and other grain crops has tripled and is expected to grow further through the middle of the 21st century.|Origin and 21st century production areas of wheat]]