Wheat

Catalogue Type

Seed Catalogue

Scientific Name

Triticum aestivum

Family

Poaceae

Distinguishing Characters

i) Wheat are generally oval shaped, although different wheat have grains that range from almost spherical to long narrow and flattened shapes.
ii) The grain is usually between 5 and 9 mm in length.
iii) Wheat plant have long slender and hollow stem in most of the varieties.

Photo of Seed

Description

i) Wheat is one of the oldest and most important of the cereal crops.

ii) The demand of wheat is increasing due to unique viscoelastic and adhesive properties of gluten protein which facilitate the production of processed food.

iii) The main part of the wheat grain are barn, endosperm and germ.