Left bread wheat, right einkorn wheat
- Photo by Mark Nesbitt
Einkorn is one of the oldest agricultural crops. It is one of the eight neolithic founder crops, which were plant species that were domesticated by early farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region.
Names
Scientific
Triticum monococcum
English
Einkorn wheat
Dutch
Eenkoorn
Spanish
Trigo escaña cultivada
German
Einkorn
Italian
Piccolo farro
Taxonomy
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Triticum
Species
Triticum monococcum (Einkorn wheat)
Crop categories
Cereals
Food crops
Subtropical crops
Temperate crops
Pictures
Einkorn wheat (and some bread wheat)
- Photo by Mark Nesbitt
Cultivated einkorn wheat - Photo by Mark Nesbitt
Einkorn cultivation - Photo by Mark Nesbitt
Wild einkorn wheat - Photo by Mark Nesbitt