Judging from the awn of wheat, the awn of barley is very long, which is similar to the length of wheat ear. The awn of wheat is short, and the skin of barley is difficult to peel. The wheat husk came off during threshing. Barley is generally used as raw material or feed for beer, and wheat mainly processes flour. Barley is harvested earlier than wheat.

1. Different appearance

Barley: Both ends are pointed and slender. Mostly used to remove 30-50% of feed.

Wheat: round at both ends, short and round. Compound feed.

2. Growing environment, soil and season

1, wheat long-day crops (8 to 12 hours of light every day), if the sunshine conditions are insufficient. Can't pass the light stage, can't knot, can't bear fruit.

2. Barley is suitable for temperate, subarctic and subtropical varieties. The growth period is at least 90 days, which is shorter in cereal crops.

Third, distribution.

1. The distribution of barley is suitable for temperate zone, sub-frigid zone and subtropical zone.

2. Where wheat is distributed, the soil layer should be deep, the structure is good, and the tillage layer is deep, which is conducive to water storage and fertilizer conservation and promoting root development. Otherwise, it is difficult to form a high yield.

Four. Efficacy and function of wheat and barley

1. Wheat has four main medicinal functions: nourishing heart, tonifying kidney, nourishing blood and strengthening spleen. In addition, there are four major uses: relieving annoyance and stopping bleeding. Diuretic, moistening lung. Bread and snacks, especially whole wheat bread, are antidepressant foods and have a certain effect on relieving mental stress and tension. Eating whole wheat food can reduce the content of estrogen in blood circulation, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and treating breast cancer. For menopausal women, eating unprocessed wheat can alleviate menopausal syndrome. Wheat flour has the effects of skin rejuvenation, wrinkle removal and freckle removal. Insoluble dietary fiber in wheat can prevent constipation and cancer.

2. Highland barley is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the functions of calming the stomach to quench thirst, quenching thirst and removing heat, benefiting qi and regulating middle warmer, broadening the chest and lowering qi, resolving food stagnation, tonifying deficiency, strengthening blood vessels and benefiting qi, nourishing five internal organs and grains, and treating urinary pain; Treat wheat awn into eyes, treat old people's polydipsia, uncertain drinking water, dry and scorched tongue, and control water and gas diseases; Clearing heat and relieving summer heat in summer; Treat acute pharyngolaryngitis, tonsillitis and throat abscess.