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• Rye
  Rye is a [[cereal]] and should not be confused with [[Ryegrass]] which is used for lawns, pas ...[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]] and is the main [[bread]] cereal in most areas east of the [[France|French]]-[[Germany|German]] border and n
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• Papaver dubium
  ...in cereal fields, poppies have been known to decrease the yields of nearby cereal plants. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer ===Pests and diseases===
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• Secale cereale
  ...ale, Linn. Rye. Tall annual, commonly cult. in Eu., less so in U. S., as a cereal. Also cult. here for annual pasture. Dept. Agric., Div. Agrost., Bull. 20:1 ===Pests and diseases===
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• Smut
  Smut. Diseases of many cultivated cereal grasses and other plants caused by the attacks of fungi of the order Ustila
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• Cleavers
  The seeds are similar size to [[cereal]] grains, and so are a common contaminant in cereals since they are difficu
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• Phalaris
  ...P. canariensis, Canary-grass, which is cult, in Eu. for bird-food or as a cereal, sometimes escapes along roadsides. This annual species, on account of its ===Pests and diseases===
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• Barley
  '''Barley''' is a [[cereal]] [[grain]] derived from the [[annual plant|annual]] [[grass]] '''''Hordeum ===Pests and diseases===
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• Wild rice
  ...annual species zizania palustrus are the ones most commonly harvested as [[cereal|grain]]. [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] harves ...er and [[germinate]] in the spring. Wild rice and [[maize]] are the only [[cereal]] crops native to North America. It is a favourite food of [[dabbling duck]
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• Sorghum
  ...[[Central America]], and [[South Asia]] and is the "fifth most important [[cereal]] crop grown in the world".<ref>[http://www.grains.org/sorghum Sorghum], U. ===Pests and diseases===
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• Buckwheat
  ...e the common name and the grain-like use of the crop, buckwheat is not a [[cereal]] or [[Poaceae|grass]]. It is called a [[pseudocereal]] to emphasize that i ===Pests and diseases===
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• Ergot
  ...kernel''' called a sclerotium develops when a floret of flowering grass or cereal is infected by a [[spore]] of ''Claviceps '' fungus. The infection process [[Category:Plant diseases]]
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• Pigeon pea
  ...nd sub-tropical countries, either as a sole crop or intermixed with such [[cereal]]s as [[sorghum]] (''Sorchum bicolor''), [[pearl millet]] (''Pennisetium gl {{Main|List of pigeon pea diseases}}
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• Zea
  Zea (an old Greek name for some common cereal, probably spelt). Gramineae. A large annual grass with monoecious infl., th ===Pests and diseases===
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• Triticeae
  ''[[Secale]]'' (Ryes - [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SECAL Cereal rye], [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Secale+sylvestre Himalayan R ...[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Leymus+racemosus drought tolerant cereal, used in Russia]
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• Wheat
  ...ortant human food grain and ranks second in total production as a [[cereal|cereal crop]] behind [[maize]]; the third being [[rice]].<ref>FAOSTAT database of ...tivation using [[horse collar]] leveraged plows (3000 years ago) increased cereal grain productivity yields, as did the use of [[seed drill]]s which replaced
  23 KB (3,389 words) - 13:38, 15 July 2007
• Corn
  ===Pests and diseases=== ====Diseases====
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• Cocos
  ...shell endocarp. The milk of the coconut is unsolidified endosperm. In the cereal grains it is the endosperm which affords most of the material used for huma ...poor sandy soils in Florida. In moist and rich ground they are subject to diseases, particularly to blight. On dry land, they thrive with great vigor, and alt
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• Rust
  ...ifolia and other wild mallows; but, in the case of species which, like the cereal rust, have become differentiated into a number of physiological races, ther ...present time the rust once regarded as the "most dreaded of the carnation diseases" attracts but little attention, and within
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• Turmeric
  ...yellow [[cake]]s, [[biscuit]]s, [[popcorn]]-color, sweets, cake icings, [[cereal]]s, sauces, [[gelatin]]s, etc. It is a significant ingredient in most comme ...d for possible benefits in [[Alzheimer's disease]], [[cancer]] and [[Liver#Diseases of the liver|liver disorders]].
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• Rice
  ...[[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]], making it the most consumed [[cereal grain]]. Rice is the world's largest crop (700 million metric tons in 2005) ...t is called [[brown rice]]. This process may be continued, removing the [[cereal germ|germ]] and the rest of the husk, called the [[bran]] at this point, cr
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