Triticum araraticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Triticum
Species:
T. araraticum
Binomial name
Triticum araraticum
Jakubz

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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Tamanyan, Kamilla. "Triticum araraticum Jakubz". Red Book of Armenia. Minister of Nature Protection of Armenia.


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