| Range |
Maize 823: rice 725: wheat 555: soybean 186: barley 142: sorghum 59 Mt
|
| Organism |
Plants |
| Reference |
Long SP, Zhu XG, Naidu SL, Ort DR. Can improvement in photosynthesis increase crop yields? Plant Cell Environ. 2006 Mar29(3):315-30. p.315 left column & right column top paragraphPubMed ID17080588
|
| Primary Source |
USDA (2005) World Agricultural Production. Circular Series WAP 11-05. USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington DC, USA. |
| Comments |
"The world’s most important crops in terms of total yield in
2004 were maize (Zea mays), 823 Mt rice (Oryza sativa),
725 Mt wheat (Triticum aestivum
and
Triticum durum),555 Mt soybean (Glycine max), 186 Mt barley (Hordeum
sativum), 142 Mt and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), 59 Mt
(primary source)." Mt=megatonne=10^6 tonnes |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109833 |