einkorn wheat

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Also known as: Triticum monococcum

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Einkorn (Triticum monococcum) is an ancient type of wheat known for its single-grained spikelets. It was historically cultivated, particularly in poorer soils across central and southern Europe and southwest Asia. The grain of einkorn is also referred to as farro. The name "einkorn" originates from German, combining "ein" (one) and "korn" (grain), reflecting its characteristic single grain per spikelet. Wild emmer (Triticum dicoccoides), found in the Middle East, is considered an ancestor of modern cultivated wheats and is the wild counterpart of emmer wheat.12

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…a domesticated diploid wheat is einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum), one of the earliest domesticated wheat species. Hybridization of a diploid wheat with Aegilops speltoides (a closely allied species of grass), followed by doubling of the chromosome complement, produced tetraploid wheats. In one of these, emmer wheat (T. dicoccon), the grain…
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…a domesticated diploid wheat is einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum), one of the earliest domesticated wheat species. Hybridization of a diploid wheat with Aegilops speltoides (a closely allied species of grass), followed by doubling of the chromosome complement, produced tetraploid wheats. In one of these, emmer wheat (T. dicoccon), the grain…
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