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Also Known As	Triticum

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semelparity; wheat

combine funneling harvested wheat

Washington: Palouse Valley wheat field

Farm in Saskatchewan

Follow wheat berries from field to grain elevator as migrant laborers use a combine to harvest the crop

Observe the underground sequence of the germination, growth, and appearance of leaves in wheat

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Farrer, William James

William James Farrer

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