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Associations

Agricultural organizations focused on growing cereal crops.

Barley

Websites concerning the science and practices of growing barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Corn

This category deals with the science of the cultivation of Zea mays, known as corn in the United States, and as maize in many other parts of the world.

Millets

The term millet includes a group of grasses grown in semi arid condition for grain. They include the foxtail, pearl, proso, browntop and finger millets. The grass genera involved are Setaria, Panicum, Pennisetum, Echinochloa, Eragrostis, and possibly others.

Oats

Oats are a cereal grass of the species Avena sativa, originally derived from a weed plant of wheat and other cereals, and now grown as a crop in its own right in colder latitudes. This category deals with the techniquest of agricultural growth of the plant.

Pearl Millet

Websites about the cultivation of Pennisetum glaucum.

Pests and Diseases

Non-specific cereal pests and diseases.

Rice

This category deals with the science of the cultivation of Oryza sativa, or rice. The crop when grown as a wetland plant is also known as paddy or padi.

Rye

Websites concerned with the cultivation of rye, botanic name Secale cereale.

Sorghum

Sorghum Moench. is a genus of Old World cereal grasses, of unknown orgin, all of which are either cultivated or are believed to be derived from cultivated varieties.

Triticale

Triticale is a hybid of rye and wheat.

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