A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WHEATS OF CHINA

Abstract

The wheats of China, having evolved for centuries in their unique environment, are of exceptional interest to botanists and crop growers. According to the data of N. I. Vavilov the wheat culture was known in China as early as three millenia before our era, and this territory is one of the most ancient offshoots of the Outer Asiatic-Transcaucasian seat of the soft (42-chromosome) wheats. The latter are represented here by an unusual botanical variety and by a multitude of endemics. The investigations of the All-Union Plant Cultivation Institute (VIR) have shown, however, that extremely original endemic forms have developed here also among the tetraploid wheat species, including new forms that were formerly unknown to science.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680859

Entities

People

  • M. M. Yakubziner

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Argentina
  • Botany
  • China
  • Disease Attributes
  • Environment
  • Fungi
  • Geography
  • High Mountains
  • Hybridization
  • Literature
  • Mountains
  • Plants
  • Resistance
  • Sea Level
  • South America
  • Winter

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.