Triticum araraticum

Triticum araraticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Triticeae
Genus: Triticum
Species: T. araraticum
Binomial name
Triticum araraticum
Jakubz
Subspecies

T. araraticum araraticum
T. kurdistanicum

Triticum araraticum (Araratian wild emmer or Armenian wild emmer)[1] is a wild[2] tetraploid species of wheat. T. araraticum is one of the least studied wheat species in the world.[3]

Genealogy

The T. araraticum species appears to have arisen from the natural hybridization of T. boeoticum and Aegilops speltoides.[4] T. araraticum is similar to the domestic T. timopheevii in several ways including physical appearance, cytoplasm type and DNA content.[5] The relationship has led some taxonomists to classify T. araraticum as a subspecies of T. timopheevii. In July 1988 different lines of T. araraticum were studied using the C-banding method revealing that T. araraticum was of genome composition AAGG.[3]

Geography

The araraticum subspecies of T. araraticum grows primarily in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and Turkey,[6] while the kurdistanicum subspecies grows in Iraq and the nearby areas of Iran and Turkey.[3]

In Armenia, the subspecies can be found in Voghjaberd and Vedi villages near capital Yerevan and the villages of Areni, Arpi and Aghavnadzor in Vayots Dzor Province.[6]

References

  1. Glaubrecht, Matthias, ed. (2010). Evolution in Action: Case studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 154. ISBN 9783642124259. In the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent, the wild tetraploid wheat T. araraticum (Araratian or Armenian wild emmer)...
  2. Glynis Jones, Soultana Valamoti and Michael Charles. October 2000. Early crop diversity: a "new" glume wheat from northern Greece. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. Vol. 9, No. 3.
  3. 1 2 3 E. D. Badaeva, R. L. Boguslavsky, N. S. Badaev and A. V. Zelenin. 1988. Intraspecific chromosomal polymorphism of Triticum araraticum (Poaceae) detected by C-banding technique. Plant Systematics and Evolution. Vol. 169, No. 1/2
  4. Migushova, E. F., Konarev, A. V. 1975. Genetic heterogenity of wild triticum dicoccoides from Iraq. J Agricult. Sciences 9. p. 18-19 (in Russian)
  5. Jakubizner M. M. 1932. Wheats of Syria, Palestina, and Tranjordan, and their role in breeding and agronomy. WIR publ. p. 157-160 (in Russian)
  6. 1 2 Tamanyan, Kamilla. "Triticum araraticum Jakubz.". Red Book of Armenia. Minister of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia.


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