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Keywords: Poaceae | Triticum aestivum cultivar | cultivated near Palouse, Washington, USA
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel
In terms of global cereal crop production, wheat is second only to maize (corn) (though it sometimes yields the number two spot to rice, depending on the year). China, India and the USA are the world's top-three producers – not so coincidentally, these are also the three countries with the largest populations. Read “The Story of Wheat” from the December, 2005 edition of The Economist for details about the history and future of this exceedingly important crop.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at August 7, 2007 2:37 AM
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Posted by: bev at August 7, 2007 6:05 AM
That's a beautiful picture..
Posted by: msEmily at August 7, 2007 1:01 PM
how can i send you something?
I am a botany graduate from Kuwait University and i would love to participate in some wild plants of kuwait.
Posted by: Eman at August 8, 2007 8:28 AM
Hello Eman,
My preferred methods of people submitting photographs are on the About Botany Photo of the Day page. Wild plants of Kuwait would be very welcome!
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin 
at August 13, 2007 10:40 AM
Please share your comments about the photograph(s) and accompanying write-up. Telling a story about the subject of the photograph(s) is also much appreciated! If you have a gardening question, the best place to ask is on the UBC Botanical Garden Forums. Thank you!
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Daniel;
(I typed my email address very carefully (:)
Thanks for the link to the article - it was fascinating; not only about the wheat but about trends in population growth. Maybe similar to the rats in a cage experiment who stop breeding when overcrowded.
If one doesn't want to read the whole article; you HAVE to scroll down to the photo of the mouse balancing between 2 wheat stalks - what a shot!