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Wild prototypes of wheat and other cereals in Palestine 36 



Historical interest of wild wheat 36 



Discovery of wild emmer, and Kornicke's theory regarding it 37 



Botanical classification of wheats 38 



The brittle rachis of the primitive cereals 39 



Cultivated wheats with a brittle rachis 40 



Einkorn and its prototype distinct from other wheats 40 



Emmer the only possible prototype of true wheat 41 



Rediscovery of wild emmer in Palestine and Syria 42 



Diversities of wild emmer 44 



Habitual association of wild emmer with wild barley 45 



Discovery of rye, both wild and cultivated, in Syria 45 



Wide range of wild emmer 46 



Soils and locations preferred by wild emmer 48 



Where did the cultivation of cereals originate ? 49 



Summary of studies of the wild cereals 50 



Economic possibilities of wild emmer 51 



Index 53 



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