Editing Founder crops (section)

{{short description|Original agricultural crops}}
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  |image1   = Triticum turgidum illustration (02c).png
  |alt1     = Botanical illustration of emmer wheat
  |caption1 = Emmer wheat<br />''Triticum turgidum ''subsp.'' dicoccum''
  
  |image2   = Triticum monococcum illustration (01f).png
  |alt2     = Botanical illustration of einkorn wheat
  |caption2 = Einkorn wheat<br />''Triticum monococcum''
  
  |image3   = Hordeum vulgare illustration (01b).png
  |alt3     = Botanical illustration of barley 
  |caption3 = Barley<br />''Hordeum vulgare''
  
  |image4   = Prof. Dr. Thomé's Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, in Wort und Bild, für Schule und Haus; mit ... Tafeln ... von Walter Müller (Pl. 450) (7982430575)a.png
  |alt4     = Botanical illustration of lentil
  |caption4 = Lentil<br />''Lens culinaris''
  
  |image5   = Prof. Dr. Thomé's Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, in Wort und Bild, für Schule und Haus; mit ... Tafeln ... von Walter Müller (Pl. 453) (7982431787)c.png
  |alt5     = Botanical illustration of pea
  |caption5 = Pea<br />''Pisum sativum''
  
  |image6   = Cicer sativum - Cece rosso - Poids chiche. (Chick pea, Garbanzo) (NYPL b14444147-1130776)(1)b.png
  |alt6     = Botanical illustration of chickpea
  |caption6 = Chickpea<br />''Cicer arietinum''
  
  |image7   = Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae - 261 - Vicia ervilia 1.png
  |alt7     = Botanical illustration of bitter vetch
  |caption7 = Bitter vetch<br />''Vicia ervilia''
  
  |image8   = Prof. Dr. Thomé's Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, in Wort und Bild, für Schule und Haus; mit ... Tafeln ... von Walter Müller (Pl. 317) (7982373418)a.png
  |alt8     = Botanical illustration of flax
  |caption8 = Flax<br />''Linum usitatissimum''
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The '''founder crops''' or '''primary domesticates''' are a group of [[flowering plants]] that were [[Domestication|domesticated]] by early farming communities in [[Southwest Asia]] and went on to form the basis of [[agriculture|agricultural]] economies across [[Eurasia]]. As originally defined by [[Daniel Zohary]] and [[Maria Hopf]], they consisted of three [[cereal]]s ([[Emmer|emmer wheat]], [[einkorn wheat]], and [[barley]]), four [[Pulse (legume)|pulses]] ([[lentil]], [[pea]], [[chickpea]], and [[Vicia ervilia|bitter vetch]]), and [[flax]]. Subsequent research has indicated that many other species could be considered founder crops. These species were amongst the first [[domesticated plant]]s in the world.