A reassessment of the origin of the polyploid wheats.
The diploid species that donated the A and D genomes to the polyploid wheats have been recognized for some time. New evidence indicates that Triticum speltoides cannot be the B genome donor to T. turgidum or T. aestivum. T. speltoides is probably homologous to the G genome of T. timopheevii. The donor of the B genome to T. turgidum and T. aestivum is currently unrecognized.
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Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65201.