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A wheat berry, or wheatberry, is a whole wheat kernel, composed of the bran, germ, and endosperm, without the husk. [1] Botanically, it is a type of fruit called a caryopsis . [ 2 ] Wheat berries are eaten as a grain, have a tan to reddish-brown color, and can vary in gluten and protein content from 6–9% ("soft") to 10–14% ("hard").
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In the United States, about 40% of the total wheat production is of a strain known as hard red winter wheat, with soft red winter wheat contributing another 15% of the annual wheat crop. There are also winter varieties of white wheat. [4] Soft red winter wheat is also grown in the Canadian province of Ontario, along with white winter wheat. [5]
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In the North American plains, the wheat production axis that extends over a length of 1,500 miles (2,400 km) in a north–south direction from central Alberta to central Texas is known as the Wheat Belt. Hard red winter wheat is grown in the Central U.S. states of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, and Texas and ...
Winter wheat generally produces up to 15 leaves per shoot and spring wheat up to 9 [12] and winter crops may have up to 35 tillers (shoots) per plant (depending on cultivar). [12] Wheat roots are among the deepest of arable crops, extending as far down as 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). [13]
Wikipedia's wheat pages generally follow a version of the Dorofeev scheme – see the taxobox on the Wheat page. A general rule is that different taxonomic schemes should not be mixed in one context. In a given article, book or web page, only one scheme should be used at a time.
Turkey red wheat had been brought from Russia, so Carleton studied Russian agriculture and taught himself some of the Russian language. In 1898, the Department sent him to Russia, where he acquired a number of varieties of cereal grains to test in the United States. [6] In July 1900 he returned to Russia and acquired several more cereal grains ...