Cereals at the Mill - 2023
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In 2023 we will
be growing a display of "The Role of Genes in Modern Bread
Wheat". Additional information and photographs are available
by selection the appropriate option below.
The second display will be a display of some "Common
Cereals" that will include wheat, barley, oats and rye. |
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information on the displays grown in previous years is available
below. |
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Information on some of the rarer species of wheat that were
originally grown more commonly around the world. |
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A display of the traditional Norfolk four-course crop rotation of
clover, wheat, turnips and barley. |
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Some information on the common cereals of wheat, barley and oats,
and on the more uncommon rye and spelt. |
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A guide to the evolution of modern wheat from the early wild wheat
and goat grasses. |
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A selection of six varieties to show variations in plant height
and the colour and type of the seed spike or ear. |
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A description of how height reducing genes have been used to
produce the shorter modern wheat. |
