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Facts about Cereal

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The main cereal crops are wheat, rice, maize (corn), oats, barley, rye, and sorgham.

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The other warm-season cereals are tender and prefer hot weather.

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Many cool-season cereals are grown in the tropics.

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The following table shows annual production (metric tons) of cereal grains, in 1961, 2005, 2006, and 2007, ranked by 2007 production (FAO 2008).

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Wheat, rice, and maize are the top three cereal crops in terms of global production; together wheat, maize, and rice provide about half of the global requirement of calories and protein (Biodiversity International 2007).

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Wheat, rye, triticale, oats, barley, and spelt are the cool-season cereals.

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The warm-season cereals are grown in tropical lowlands year-round and in temperate climates during the frost-free season.

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All but buckwheat and quinoa are true grasses (these two are pseudocereals).

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Rice proteins are richer in lysine than other common cereal proteins and for this reason, rice protein is considered to be of better quality.

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Cereals are the main source of energy providing about 350 kcal per 100 grams.

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Certain other grains, including oats, quinoa, buckwheat, and grain amaranth (Pseudocereal, non-grasses), are very nutritious.

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Overconsumption of milled cereals is sometimes blamed for obesity.

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Other warm climate cereals, such as sorghum, are adapted to arid conditions.

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Most other cereals are ground into flour or meal, which is milled; the outer layers of bran and germ are removed.

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The grain or edible seed of a cereal is known botanically as a caryopsis.

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Spring cereals are planted in early springtime and mature later that same summer, without vernalization.

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Barley ranks fourth among the cereals in terms of total world production (BarleyWorld 2006).

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Cereal grains supply most of their food energy as starch.

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Cereal crops or grains are used as food for people, as animal feed for livestock and poultry, and as part of industrial processes producing such products as alcohols and oils.

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The term grain also is used for the edible seed or fruit of cereal plants.

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Barley and rye are the hardiest cereals, able to overwinter in the subarctic and Siberia.

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Once the cereal plants have grown their seeds, they have completed their life cycle.

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The word "cereal" derives from Ceres, the name of the pre-Roman goddess of harvest and agriculture.

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Spring cereals are planted in early springtime and mature later that same summer, without vernalization.

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Spring cereals typically require more irrigation and yield less than winter cereals.

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Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple crops as the basis of a traditional diet.

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Human beings have developed numerous cultivars of cereals in order to enhance such aspects as resistance to disease and insects.

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Cereal proteins are typically poor in nutritive quality, being deficient in essential amino acid lysine.