Search Results for: Spores used for sowing
territories, syria, lebanon, egypt, jordan and the fringes of both turkey and iran) and the nile delta in egypt. by 3000 bc, wheat had reached england and scandinavia. the first domestication of wheat was of einkorn in southeastern turkey at about 9,000 b.c. cultivation and repeated harvesting and sowing
grasses led to the creation of domestic strains, as mutant forms ('sports') of wheat were preferentially chosen by farmers. in domesticated wheat, grains are larger, and the seeds (spikelets) remain attached to the ear by a toughened rachis during harvesting. although not necessarily intended, selection for...
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