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Agriculture · Q209

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 209

Q209

Triticale is a cross between

A.
Wheat and braley
B.
Barley and rye
C.
Wheat and rye
Answer
D.
Wheat and oat

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
A hybrid formed by crossing Wheat and Rye is known as Triticale. It is the combination of the words Triticum (Wheat) and Secale (Rye). It was first bred in laboratories of Scotland by A. S. Wilson in 1873. It is mostly grown for forage or fodder, but nowadays also used as breakfast cereals.