Cultivation and improvement of Wheat
Origin of Wheat :- 1. Introduction :- · Common Name:- Wheat · Botanical Name:- Triticum aestivum · Family:- Poaceae or Gramineae 2. Species and Chromosome Numbers :- According to Feldman and Sears (1981) wheat has 13 diploid, 12 tetraploid and 5 hexaploid species. Some of the main species are given in the table below - Note :- 3 species of wheat are cultivated in India - i. Triticum aestivum:- 95% ii. Triticum durum:- 4% iii. Triticum dicoccum:- 1% 3. Center of Origin :- · Primary Center of Origin :- Near East ( Asia Minor ) · Secondary Center of Origin :- Ethiopia 4. Genetic Evolution of Wheat :- Today, hexaploid wheat Triticum aestivum is the most cultivated species in the...