Resources Tagged: Grain Crops

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  1. Adlay or Job's Tears: A Cereal of Potentially Greater Economic Importance

    1952-01-01 This article is reprinted from Economic Botany. Adlay or Job's tearsis a cereal grain that been around as a cultivated crop for thousands of years, is considered more wholesome than either wheat or rice, isused as a staple for humans, forage, silage, compost, ornamental and has important...
    Grain Crops Underutilized Crops Underutilized Reso... Economic Aspects Adlay Cereal Products Job's Tears

  2. Small Farm Grain Storage: Enemies of Stored Grain, Vol. 2 (Appropriate Technologies for Development)

    1976-01-09 This is the second in a set of three how-to manuals that together provide a comprehensive overview of storage problems and considerations as they relate to the small farmer. Vol 2 is is an in-depth study of two major enemies: insects and rodents. 169 pages, illustrations
    Diseases and Pest Pest Control Disease Control Grain Crops Agriculture Develo... Appropriate Techno... Grain Storage

  3. Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Volume 3 Cocona to Mango

    Key Resource 2011-01-20 While products such as bananas, pineapples, kiwifruit and citrus have long been available to consumers in temperate zones, new fruits such as lychee, longan, carambola, and mangosteen are now also entering the market. Confirmation of the health benefits of tropical and subtropical fruit may also...
    Mango Tropical Fruit Great Britain Europe Grain Crops Postharvest Diseas... Postharvest Physio... Subtropical Fruits

  4. Job's Tears

    Job's tears is a tropical, 1 to 2 m tall annual grass. It is commonly found growing in many tropical areas of the world in ditches and low areas. Plants are commonly used for fodder and seeds are both consumed and used for bead craft.
    Grain Crops Grains

  5. Pearl Millet

    Pearl millet is an annual, tillering grass, growing to 4 m in height, and more drought tolerant than maize. The seed head is compact, cylindrical and up to 30 cm long. The grains are ground into flour for preparation of porridge, flat breads and fermented products. Pearl millet is widely grown...
    Pasture and Feed C... Grain Crops

  6. Grain Sorghum

    Sorghum is an annual plant in the grass family that grows up to 5 m in height. Grain sorghum is a staple crop in many hotdry areas and ranks 5th worldwide among cereal grains. Depending on the variety, sorghum is grown for grain, forage, fuel, fiber, syrup, and sugar. Cleaned grain can be cooked...
    Grain Crops

  7. Maize

    Maize is an annualwarm-climate crop in the grass family, thriving in open sunny environments with daytime temperatures of 20-24C. Maize is used fresh, frozen, canned, rolled and roasted for corn flakes, pressed for oil, or processed for ethanol as fuel. Maize is also an important feed source for...
    Sweet Corn Popcorn Flint Corn JCB Grain Crops Pasture and Feed C...

  8. Sweet Sorghum

    Sweet sorghum is an annual plant in the grass family up to 5 m in height. This variety of sorghum is distinguished by the sweet juice contained in the soft pith of the stalk and is mainly grown for syrup and sugar. It may also be planted for forage or silage.
    Grain Crops

  9. Grain Amaranth

    Grain amaranths are annual plants and include several species of Amaranthus grown specifically for the seeds which are usually lighter colored than vegetable amaranth varieties. The cultivation of grain amaranths as food plants is traceable to ancient Aztec civilizations of Mexico. The grain...
    Leafy Vegetables Grain Crops

  10. Worldwide Evaluations of Quinoa: Preliminary Results from Post International Year of Quinoa FAO Projects in Nine Countries

    Abstract, Frontiers in Science, 2016 Chenopodium quinoaWilld., a high quality grain crop, is resistant to abiotic stresses (drought, cold, and salt) and offers an optimal source of protein. Quinoa represents a symbol of crop genetic diversity across the Andean region. In recent years, this crop...
    Protein Stress Tolerance Grain Crops FAO Quinoa