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bread wheat
plant
Also known as: Triticum aestivum, Triticum vulgare, common wheat
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domestication of wheat
- In Poaceae: Economic and ecological importance
The development of bread wheat (T. aestivum), a hexaploid wheat, involved the hybridization of a tetraploid wheat with A. tauschii, a closely allied diploid species of grass, followed by chromosome doubling to 42.
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food production
- In cereal processing: Wheat: varieties and characteristics
…in modern food production are Triticum vulgare (or aestivum), T. durum, and T. compactum. T. vulgare provides the bulk of the wheat used to produce flour for bread making and for cakes and biscuits (cookies). It can be grown under a wide range of climatic conditions and soils. Although the…
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