tritordeum
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the genus name, New Latin Tritordeum, apparently a blend of Triticum (“wheat”) + Hordeum (“barley”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tritordeum
- An amphiploid cereal derived from the cross between a South American wild barley (Hordeum chilense) and durum wheat.
- 2012, Indra K. Vasil, editor, Molecular improvement of cereal crops, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 372:
- In terms of yield, breeding in Tritordeum has allowed an increase to up to 80% of that of commercial wheat cultivars, maintaining a protein content approximately 5% higher than in wheat.
Further reading
[edit]- Tritordeum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia