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cereal farming: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Y. Pomeranz, Modern Cereal Science and Technology (1987), discusses common aspects of cereal grains and their products followed by in-depth descriptions of selected cereals. Neal C. Stoskopf, Cereal Grain Crops (1985), is also useful for an overview.

Various grains, their production, and commercial grading methods are investigated in Sergio O. Serna-Saldívar, Cereal Grains: Properties, Processing, and Nutritional Attributes (2010); and C.W. Wrigley and I.L. Batey (eds.), Cereal Grains: Assessing and Managing Quality (2010).

Douglas W. Kent-Jones The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture. Sep 28, 2024
Add new Web site: PNAS - Ecological intensification of cereal production systems: Yield potential, soil quality, and precision agriculture. Aug 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Cereal production in Drylands. Nov 17, 2023
Video added. May 17, 2023
Replaced photographs. Oct 24, 2017
Bibliography revised. Aug 11, 2016
Article revised. Aug 10, 2016
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