Cereal Crops : Rice , Maize , Millet , Sorghum , Wheat
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Cereal grains: humanity's double-edged sword.
'Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore called the staff of life' Introduction The number of plant species which nourish humanity is remarkably limited. Most of the 195,000 species of flowering plants produce edible parts which could be utilized by man; however less than 0.1% or fewer than 300 species are used for food. Approximately 17 plant species provide 90% of mankind'...
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