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Who First Cultivated Wheat?

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Who First Cultivated Wheat? Archaeological analysis of wild emmer indicates that it was first cultivated in the southern Levant, with finds dating back as far as 9600 BCE. Genetic analysis of wild einkorn wheat suggests that it was first grown in the Karacadag Mountains in southeastern Turkey. Where did wheat originally came from? Wheat originated

Why Is There No GMO Wheat?

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Why Is There No GMO Wheat? Last year Bayer bought Monsanto, which in the late 1990s and early 2000s developed wheat genetically modified to withstand its Roundup herbicide, a weed killer containing glyphosate. Monsanto shelved the genetically engineered wheat in 2004 amid market concern about rejection from foreign buyers. Why is wheat not genetically modified?