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Schematic of a protracted model for the transition from gathering of a wild grass to cultivation of a domesticated cereal crop. The key steps are: (1) management of wild stands by removal of competing plants in order to increase the proliferation of the food sources; (2) initial cultivation of wild plants in artificial stands; (3) improvement of the soil; (4) fixation of domestication traits.
