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Also known as × Triticale, triticale

Triticale (; × Triticosecale) is a hybrid of wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale) first bred in laboratories during the late 19th century in Scotland and Germany. Commercially available triticale is almost always a second-generation hybrid, i.e., a cross between two kinds of primary (first-cross) triticales. As a rule, triticale combines the yield potential and grain quality of wheat with the disease and environmental tolerance (including soil conditions) of rye. Only in 1970 did the first commercial variety become available. Depending on the cultivar, triticale can more or less resemble either o

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×Triticale is a human-made hybrid crop created by crossing wheat and rye, combining wheat's productivity and grain quality with rye's hardiness and ability to grow in poor soils. Though first developed in the late 1800s, triticale didn't become commercially available until 1970, and it remains a minor crop grown primarily in Europe and Australia.

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Triticale

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  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Observations recorded4,656

Common Name: triticale

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  • History
  • Species
  • Biology and genetics
  • Conventional breeding approaches
  • Application of newer techniques
  • Introgression
  • Production of doubled haploids
  • Application of molecular markers
  • Genetic transformation
  • Research
  • Health concerns
  • In fiction
  • References

Triticale (; × Triticosecale) is a hybrid of wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale) first bred in laboratories during the late 19th century in Scotland and Germany. Commercially available triticale is almost always a second-generation hybrid, i.e., a cross between two kinds of primary (first-cross) triticales. As a rule, triticale combines the yield potential and grain quality of wheat with the disease and environmental tolerance (including soil conditions) of rye. Only in 1970 did the first commercial variety become available. Depending on the cultivar, triticale can more or less resemble either of its parents. It is grown mostly for forage or fodder, although some triticale-based foods can be purchased at health food stores and can be found in some breakfast cereals.

When crossing wheat and rye, wheat is used as the female parent and rye as the male parent (pollen donor). The resulting hybrid is sterile and must be treated with colchicine to induce polyploidy and thus the ability to reproduce itself.

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