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TRITICUM VULGARE VAR COMPACTUM [1 record]

Record 1 2012-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
  • Grain Growing
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Club wheat (Triticum compactum). Widely grown for food before common bread wheat dominated wheat growing. The heads and beards are short, the yield is good, and it threshes easily, producing plump blond kernels.

CONT

The spikes of club wheat are significantly more compact than spikes of common wheat due to the action of the dominant allele of the compactum (C) locus.

OBS

A plant of the family Poaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
  • Culture des céréales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Blé à épi court, barbu ou non. La forme de l'épi est déterminé par une mutation du gène C, que le blé compact est le seul à posséder.

OBS

Plante de la famille des Poaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
  • Cultivo de cereales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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