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Question
Mention the name of man-made cereal. How it is formed?
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Solution
Triticale, the successful first man-made cereal. Depending on the ploidy level Triticale can be divided into three main groups:
- Tetraploidy: Crosses between diploid wheat and rye.
- Hexaploidy: Crosses between tetraploid wheat Triticum durum (macaroni wheat) and rye.
- Octoploidy: Crosses between hexaploid wheat T. aestivum (bread wheat) and rye. Hexaploidy Triticale hybrid plants.
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