Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. Barley is the fifth largest cultivated cereal crop in the world (530,000 km² or 132 million acres). Its germination time is anywhere from 1-3 days.

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Cultivated barley is descended from Wild Barley (Hordeum spontaneum), which still can be found in the Middle East. Both luder forms are diploid (2n=14 chromosomes). All variants of barley produce viable seed when crossed and are thus considered to belong to one and the same species today. The major difference between wild and domesticated barley is the brittle rachis of the former, which is conducive to self-propagation. The earliest finds of barley come from Epi-Paleolithic sites in the Levant, beginning in the Natufian. The first domesticated barley has been found in the aceramic neolithic layers (PPN B) of Tell Abu Hureyra in Syria. The domestication seems to be contemporaneous to that of wheat.

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Germination: In a botanical sense, germination is the process of emergence of growth from a resting stage. We typically think of the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of a flowering plant or gymnosperm. However, the growth of a hypha from a fungal spore is also germination. In a more general sense, germinat...

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Barley related Images and Photos (experimental)

Barley Flowers (Hordeum Vulgare)	Drilling Barley	Poppy Infestation in Barley Field Under Storm Clouds	Common Poppy (Papaver Rhoeas) in Field of Barley Wheat in Wheatcroft Area Matlock United Kingdom
Cereal Grains Left to Right : Wheat Rye and Barley