Einkorn wheat
Encyclopedia : E : EI : EIN : Einkorn wheat
Einkorn wheat (from German Einkorn, literally "one grain") can refer either to the wild species of wheat, Triticum boeoticum (the spelling baeoticum is also common), or to the domesticated form, Triticum monococcum. The wild and domesticated forms are either considered separate species, as here, or as subspecies of T. monococcum. Einkorn is a diploid species of hulled wheat, with tough glumes ('husk') that tightly enclose the grains. The cultivated form is similar to the wild, except that the ear stays intact when ripe and the seeds are larger.
Einkorn wheat was one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, alongside emmer wheat (T. dicoccon). Grains of wild einkorn have been found in Epi-Paleolithic sites of the Fertile Crescent. It was first domesticated approximately 9000 years ago, in the Pre Pottery Neolithic A or B periods. Its cultivation decreased in the Bronze Age, and today it is considered a relic crop that is rarely planted. It remains as a local crop, often for bulgur (cracked wheat) or as animal feed, in mountainous areas of France, Morocco, Yugoslavia, Turkey and other countries.
Further reading
[link] "Hulled Wheats. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 4. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Hulled Wheats 21-22 July 1995, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Tuscany, Italy"
[link] "Wheat evolution: integrating archaeological and biological evidence"
See also
{| align="center" class="toccolours" cellspacing="0" |- | bgcolor="#e7e7ff" align="center" style="font-size: 90%" | Wheat resources ([edit]) |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%" | History: Domestication, Neolithic Revolution, Tell Abu Hureyra, Aaron Aaronsohn |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%" | Types of wheat: Wheat taxonomy, Common (Bread) wheat, Durum, Einkorn, Emmer, Kamut (QK-77), Norin 10 wheat, Spelt, Winter wheat |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%" | Agronomy: Wheat diseases, Wheat mildew Trade: Canadian Wheat Board, International Wheat Council, International wheat production statistics |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%" | Food: Wheat beer, Wheat Thins, Whole grain, Whole wheat flour, Farina (food), Bran, Flour, Gluten, Bread, Matzo, Wheat gluten (food), Complete Wheat Bran Flakes, Shredded wheat, Pasta, Macaroni, Couscous, Coeliac disease Other Uses: Wheat pasting
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.