Khorasan wheat
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Khorasan wheat or Oriental wheat is a tetraploid wheat species. The grain is twice the size of modern-day wheat, and has a rich, nutty flavor.
Triticum turgidum 2
Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicum
USDA wheat
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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
Khorasan wheat
…wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicum, also called Triticum turanicum) is a tetraploid wheat species. The grain is twice the size of modern-day wheat, and has a rich, nutty flavor. As an annual, self-fertilized grass that is cultivated for its grains, Khorasan wheat looks very similar to common wheat…
Vehnäpelto 6
A: Plant; B ripe ear of corn; 1 spikelet before flowering; 2 the same, flowering and spread, enlarged; 3 flowers with glumes; 4 stamens; 5 pollen; 6 and 7 ovaries with juice scales; 8 and 9 parts of the scar; 10 fruit husks; 11, 12, 13 seeds, natural size and enlarged; 14 the same cut up, enlarged.
Sickles with stone microblades were used to harvest wheat in the Neolithic period, c. 8500–4000 BC
Sumerian cylinder seal impression dating to c. 3200 BC showing an ensi and his acolyte feeding a sacred herd wheat stalks; Ninurta was an agricultural deity and, in a poem known as the "Sumerian Georgica", he offers detailed advice on farming