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domestication of wheat
...from grain—is far easier when the hull separates freely from the grain, as in the cultivated tetraploid macaroni wheat ( T. durum), a major commercial wheat species. The development of bread wheat ( T. aestivum), a hexaploid wheat, involved the hybridization of a tetraploid wheat with A. tauschii, a closely allied diploid species of grass, followed by chromosome...
The three principal types of wheat used in modern food production are Triticum vulgare (or aestivum), T. durum, and T. compactum. T. vulgare provides the bulk of the wheat used to produce flour for bread making and for cakes and biscuits (cookies). It can be grown under a wide range of climatic conditions and soils. Although the yield varies with climate and other...
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