### plant | tracheophyte | herb | grass | cereal:

Wheat
* Most wheat contains proteins.
* Most wheat grows in fields
  - plots
  - has growth
  - is grown through the application of commercial fertilizers
  - midges infest wheat
  - produces seeds
* Some wheat absorbs water
  - adapts to regions
  - causes digestive problems
  - contains kernels
* Some wheat grows at high temperature
* Some wheat grows in countries
* Some wheat has genetic resistance
  - nodes
  - makes up diets
* Some wheat midges infest plants
  - wheat plants
  - produces leaves
  - uses for food
  - wheats contain more gluten than others
* absorbs a wider range of minerals from rich soil than other grains.
* also contains genomes from two other species, A and B, so it is an allohexaploid
  - creates many jobs, from farmers to flour millers to bakers
* also provides income earlier in the year than other crops and spreads out labor requirements
  - nesting cover, and alfalfa offers brood cover
* annually adds several million dollars to the economy.
* can cross with weeds
  - tolerate considerable defoliation
* cash grain crop as well as forage.
* common allergent.
* commonly has three to six individual seminal roots.
* consumes a significant amount of anhydrous ammonia.
* contains a protein called gluten
  - all of the potential nutrient values needed in the human body
  - components
  - gluten, to which some people are highly allergic to
  - more gluten than other cereals, making it an excellent choice for breadmaking
  - zearalenone and enterolactones
* continues to gain strength in the futures market at the expense of crop quality.
* curl mite and wheat streak mosaic virus survey in Montana grass species.
* dependable crop because it grows mostly in the spring when moisture usually is adequate.
* differ in hardness, texture, protein content, and starch content.
* differs from barley in that it has no husk, which has several important consequences
  - has no husk, which has severalimportant consequences
* does have an oil in it.
* dry climate crop.
* ferments very rapidly which can easily create digestive problems and high death rates.
* goes through phases
  - several phases
* good host for both nematodes although there are differences between varieties.
* grass whose seed belongs to the cereal grains group.
* grass-type plant.
* grows best in the cooler parts of Africa
  - on medium to heavy textured, well-drained fertile soils
* grows in a variety of climates and soils, but thrives best in temperate zones
  - adjacent plots
  - places with a dry, mild climate
  - very quickly
* has a hard shell on the outside
  - narrow stem with the grain pointing up
  - primary system and later it develops a fibrous root system
  - strong impact on the Nation's well-being
  - five times more than corn
  - good color and density
  - much zinc in it
  - own taste
  - pleasant taste
  - the highest gluten content of any of the grains
  - three waxy proteins that affect the amount of amylose present in the starch
  - two distinct growing seasons
* includes all types, including spring and winter wheat
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
  - vegetables
  - wheat berries
* is 'spelta' in Latin
  - Asia's second most important staple and has been growing much faster than rice
  - Australia's most important crop, in total area and value of production
  - Colorado's leading cash crop
  - allopolyploid
  - also a cash crop that has relatively few natural insect enemies
* is also the main staple of Pakistani diet, whereas rice is also popular
  - most widely distributed cereal grain
* is an example of a soft commodity
  - extremely versatile crop
  - ideal breadmaking cereal as it has a high gluten content
* is an important crop in New York state
  - of Irish farmers
  - summer food for doves
  - old combination of three different species of grass
  - by far Canada's largest export to the Philippines
  - cereal grass
  - colour
  - common all over the country except in the Black Sea Region
  - consumed mainly as bread and pastries
  - credited with more protein and energy than milo
  - dependent, apparently, on the attributes on the soil and the weather
  - domesticated in Mesopotamia
* is equal to corn in energy and contains more protein and lysine than corn
  - net energy value
* is especially dangerous because it causes colic by impacting in the gastrointestinal tract
  - prone to cause allergies
  - sensitive to excess salts during germination
  - for humans, as are all wholesome grains in their natural state
  - generally more tolerant than lupins, especially on sandy soils
  - golden but the tares show their true colour as they ripen
  - graded and inspected differently than other grains
  - ground and made into flour for baking foods
  - grown all over the world, especially in temperate regions
* is grown from Florida to the Canadian border, in the arid Arizona and on coastal plains
  - seeds , which can be collected by destroying tall grass
  - in winter with partial irrigation
  - mainly in north India along with other cereals
  - pure as well as mixed with crops like barley and gram
  - to feed both human and animal populations
  - high in energy, but low in protein and tends to make birds fat
  - higher in protein than other common feed grains such as corn, barley, or oats
  - highly responsive to storage, also most variable in response
  - important in the northern parts
  - in a huge number of packaged foods
  - into grain fill, with spring cereals heading and beginning pollination
  - land intensive relative to textiles
  - largely self pollinating
  - likely to produce arthritic joint pains
* is located in bread
  - countrysides
  - mills
  - wheat fields
* is made into donuts, cakes, pies, and cookies
  - flour for cakes, cookies, and breads
  - mentioned throughout the Bible and has been a food of man throughout recorded history
  - milled and converted into flour
* is more susceptible than barley, oats and rye
  - variable than corn in feed value
  - mostly starch, which is long-chain glucose
  - now the principal sustaining grain for people all over the world
  - nutritious, wholesome and packed with vitamins and enzymes
  - often the most economical of the grains
* is one crop being modified for herbicide-tolerance
  - that deteriorates very rapidly as the plant matures
  - grain from which they make bread
* is one of the longest storing food storage items around
  - most widely planted crops in the world
* is one of the oldest and most important of the cereal crops
  - cultivated crops
  - world's most important food crops
  - packed with vitamins and minerals
  - part of an extremely important group called cereal crops
  - produced in a perfectly competitive market
  - pseudo hexaploid, containing a set of diploid chromosomes from each of three ancestors
  - quite palatable to poultry
  - rich in starch, phosphorus and contains moderate levels of protein
  - roughly three times as hard to put air through as corn or soybeans
  - self-pollinating
  - suitable for many of the soils and climatic conditions of Missouri
  - survival food
* is the best of all grains for handling and storage
  - chief staple crop, and sugarcane is widely grown
  - crop most likely to respond to phosphorus fertilization
  - ideal host for both the virus and the wheat curl mite
* is the largest food crop in the world, and barley is the sixth largest
  - single food crop in the world and feeds more people than any other crop
  - latest grain of the year
* is the main cash crop of North Dakota
  - food crop, followed by rice, millet, maize, barley and pulses
  - input in the production of flour
  - major economic host, but it can also affect barley, oats, rye and triticale
* is the most common cereal containing gluten
  - source of the multitude of flours used in cooking
  - type of flour used in bread baking
* is the most important food crop worldwide
  - grain of the temperate zones - both north and south
  - grain of the northern hemisphere, but also used in Africa
  - host plant
  - popular agricultural product
  - widely grown food crop in the state
* is the only cereal grain that comes close to matching quinoa's protein content
  - contains gluten in sufficient amount to make yeast breads
* is the only grain that contains gluten forming proteins
  - with sufficient gluten content to make a raised or leavened loaf of bread
  - preferred host of the Hessian fly
* is the primary host for loose smut
  - ingredient for making vodka
* is the principal cereal grain crop used for food consumption in the United States
  - food crop, followed by rice, millet, maize and pulses
  - human food grain produced in the United States
  - sustaining grain for people over the world
  - second most important agricultural product in Kansas, the Wheat State
* is the staple crop, and sugarcane is widely grown
  - providing about half of the daily calorie intake
  - food of the people and thus occupies central position in farming policies
* is the top export crop
  - food crop consumed by humans
  - winter crop, and maize, sweet potatoes, and peanuts are the major summer crops
* is the world's most important food crop
  - traditionally the world's leading crop
  - typically too expensive to be considered as a livestock feed
* is used almost exclusively for human consumption, and barley is used mainly as animal feed
  - as an integral part of the domestic diet, as well as of the animal feeding
  - both for human consumption and livestock feed
* is used for cakes
  - eating
  - food products
  - harvesting
  - mainly for food, but substantial quantities are also used as feed for livestock
  - useful in breads due to the higher gluten content
  - very nutritious and provides a good amount of protein
  - with potato the main staple food in Armenia
* leaves manufacture carbohydrates and other nutrients.
* major global food crop.
* matures rapidly after it reaches the boot stage.
* money crop, is hardy, and requires relatively little care.
* monocot flowering plant.
* needs moisture.
* often is double-cropped after sorghum in Kansas.
* perishable commodity.
* plants in fields.
* popular alternative to rye.
* produces a basic food staple, and darnel produces a deadly poison
  - high yield of semolina with excellent pasta-making quality
* provides flour
  - healthy food
* ranks first in nutritional value.
* releases water vapor constantly, which needs to be dissipated by ventilation.
* relies on a totally different time frame for moisture requirements compared to other crops.
* remains stressed from lack of moisture.
* represents a staple of life
  - the bounty of the Earth
* reproduces sexually.
* resilient crop.
* responds to increased nitrogen by increasing vigor of vegetative and reproductive growth
  - sewage sludge as fertilizer in an arid environment
* responses to aggressive and non-aggressive arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
* seems to be associated with many auto-immune diseases.
* self-pollinated crop.
* serves dual purposes
* sometimes provokes allergic reactions.
* spreads from Palestine to minor Asia, then to Greece and Europe.
* sprouts add nutrition and texture to breads, rolls, muffins or pancakes.
* staple for most of the population.
* substitute for corn in feed markets when corn prices get out of line with wheat prices.
* symbolizes wishes for good health and a good harvest.
* take-all disease can significantly diminish crop yields.
* tends to be a little more difficult to brew with, as it has no husk, like barley does
  - have less foreign matter or trash in it
  - impart a dryness to beer
  - produce more tillers and leaves than are necessary for maximum grain yield
* tiny egg shaped seed.
* traditional sign of fertility and blessing in North European cultures.
* universal symbol of fertility and harvest.
* varies greatly in size and thickness of stems and heads.
* very complex plant compared to corn
  - important crop for Kansas farmers
* when mixed with gram is known as gochani and with barley as gujai.
* wholesome grain which ripens by absorbing light, it is good food.
* widely adapted crop.
+ Commodity, Business usage, Examples
  * Wheat is an example of a soft commodity. Wheat from many different farms comes together. Some uniform standard of quality is assumed.
+ Intensive farming: Agriculture
  * Satellite image of circular crop fields in Haskell County, Kansas in late June 2001. Wheat is brilliant gold. Fields of brown have been recently harvested and plowed under or have not been used during that year.
+ Money, History of money:
  * Not every cow is as good as another cow. Some cows are sick and old, and others are healthy and young. Some wheat is good and other wheat is moldy or stale. So if a person trades cows for wheat, he might have a hard time arguing over how much wheat each cow is worth. However, money is 'standard'. That means one dollar is worth the same as another dollar. It is easier to add up and count money, than to add up the value of different cows or amounts of wheat.
+ Zinc, Uses, In biology: Chemical elements :: Transition metals
  * Zinc is found in at least 100 enzymes. It is the second most common transition metal other than iron. Zinc also is used by the brain. The human body contains 2 to 4 grams of zinc. A zinc enzyme helps remove carbon dioxide from blood. Wheat has much zinc in it.