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Barley

Cereals and Pseudocereals

One of the first grains ever domesticated, alongside wheat in the Fertile Crescent. Hardier than wheat in cold, drought and salty soil, barley was the bread grain of the ancient poor and the ration of Roman soldiers, and survives today chiefly as animal feed and as malt, the foundation of beer and whisky. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Scientific Name
Hordeum vulgare 3
Crop Class
Cereal 2
Domestication Region
Fertile Crescent, Southwest Asia 3
Domesticated When (Circa)
circa 9000 BC 3
Classification
Life Cycle
Annual 1
Primary Use
Feed 2
Era
Era (category)
Neolithic 2
Connections

Associated With

Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, Pests and Diseases

Barley yellow dwarf virus is the most widely distributed viral disease of barley and other cereals.

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Institutions

Barley is one of ICARDA's founding dryland mandate crops.

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Era Of Origin

The Neolithic Period

Also in History Atlas: the era this subject comes from.

Found In

The Fertile Crescent

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Barley (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database: USDA PLANTS profile data for Hordeum vulgare
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS DatabasePlantProfile, Durations
Quote, PlantProfile, Durations
"Durations": [ "Annual" ]
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2. Barley (Wikipedia)
  • lead: a major cereal grain
  • lead: 70% of barley production is used as animal feed
  • lead: used in soups and stews and barley bread of various cultures
  • lead: domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC
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3. Barley (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • lead description or Wikipedia lead (primary-uses)
    Globally, 70% of barley production is used as animal feed, while 30% is used as a source of fermentable material for beer, or further distilled into whisky, and as a component of various foods.
  • History section
    Barley was one of the first grains to be domesticated in the Fertile Crescent, an area of relatively abundant water in Western Asia, around 9,000 BC.
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