Exam 2 Flashcards
Another Name for Grain?
Caryopsis
Single Seeded dry fruit with pericarp fused to seed coat?
Grain/ Caryopsis.
What family do grasses belong to?
Poaceae
Most of the cereal grasses are what type of time growth?
Annuals.
Most of the lawn grasses are what type of time growth?
Perennials
What is the Culm of a plant?
The hollow stem of a grass/ grain plant.
What food type are prop roots common in?
Grains/ Cereal Grasses.
What structure of grass is usually present, but incomplete?
The Flowers.
Called florets, born on inflorescence spikelets.
what are the petals sepals reduced to in grass plants?
Lodicules.
What Makes up the chaff of the grain?
The lemma and palea. Chaff is like the outer husk of the grain.
What makes up bran?
The pericarp and the seed coat.
What is in the germ of the grain?
Embryo
What are grains mostly composed of?
Starch
What is well developed in each grain?
Endosperm.
The matting together of tall stalks. Usually a problem of in wet areas.
Lodging.
Mature grains scatter in all directions?
Shattering
The act of removing the fruits from the bracts, usually by hand?
Threshing.
Throwing the grain & chaff mixture into the air to remove the fragments of broken chaff?
Winnowing.
Broken grain with some amount of bran removed?
Groats.
What are three components of a whole grain?
Bran, Germ and Endosperm.
When grain is polished what parts are removed?
The bran and germ layers.
Left with endosperm which is mostly starch and very little nutritional value.
What are the five major cereal grains?
Rice
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Sorghum
What does Sativa mean?
Cultivated.
Which grain is a symbol of fertility in South east Asia?
Rice.
What does paddy refer to of Rice water?
Still Water.
What Does upland refer to of rice water?
Grown with minimal water. Really only occurs in Brazil
What is Beri Beri?
Nerve inflammation conditioned caused by overconsumption of only white rice.
What rice was modified to combat beri beri? what does it contain?
Golden Rice, Contains Vitamin A.
What rice is most helpful for helping with LDL cholesterol levels?
Red Yeast Rice.
What is the Forbidden Rice?
Black Rice.
Long grain of rice that does not stick together when cooked?
Indica
Short grain of rice which sticks together when cooked?
Japonica.
Large grain rice?
Javanica.
What is the one of the oldest domesticated plants?
Wheat.
What is phrase regarding wheat/ bread product?
“staff of life”
What is an advantage of polished grains?
Longer shelf life. Bran & germ has some fat which leads to sooner spoilage.