Question

What is a Triticale?

• A. It is an inter-generic hybrid
• B. It is a modified form of wheat
• C. It is a new plant produced by selection
• D. It is a wild ancestral wheat

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

It is an inter-generic hybrid

Triticale is a hybrid of wheat (Triticum) and rye (Secale) first bred in laboratories during the late 19th century in Scotland and Sweden. 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. Thus, the correct answer is option A.