Triticum zhukovskyi
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Zanduri wheat, Zhukovsky's wheat
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Summary
Source: WikipediaTriticum zhukovskyi, or Zhukovsky's wheat, is a hexaploid wheat, very closely resembling the Triticum timopheevii, a tetraploid variety of wheat. T. zhukovskyi was first observed in Western Georgia in close proximity to Triticum timopheevii and Triticum monococcum and is believed to be an amphiploid arising from the cross of T. timopheevii and T. monococcum.
Description
A grass. It is a hexaploid wheat or has 6 sets of chromosomes. It is probably a cross between Triticum timopheevil and Triticum monococcum.
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Edible Uses
The grains are eaten as cereal.
Traditional Uses
The grains are eaten.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
Caucasus, Europe, Georgia,
Other Information
It is a cultivated food plant.
Synonyms
References (6)
- Chemonics International Inc., 2000, Biodiversity Assessment of Georgia. USAID Contract.
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 183
- Soobsc. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 25(6):732. 1960
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/econ.pl (10 April 2000)
- Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 700
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- Zeven, A. C. & de West, J. M. J., 1982, Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity. Wageningen. p 94
