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Adlay or job’s tears—A cereal of potentially greater economic importance

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The bony fruits of this grass have for centuries been used in the Orient, ornamentally when polished and as food when ground into flour. The plant is today acquiring importance in Brazil as a fodder and forage crop, and the grain is being used there as poultry and cattle feed.

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Schaaffhausen, R.v. Adlay or job’s tears—A cereal of potentially greater economic importance . Econ Bot 6, 216–227 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985062

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