Triticales are wheat x rye hybrids. Currently, triticale is grown primarily for animal feed as either a grain or forage crop. Breeders are attempting to improve grain quality to expand the market for human consumption. Agronomically, triticales are attractive due to a broad spectrum of disease resistance. Yield potentials can be significantly greater than wheat and test weights tend to be slightly lower than wheat. For a brief history and trends in triticale production, see Triticale: A Reappraisal from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
Triticale Trial data:
We have added triticale varieties to most of winter and spring trials. So you can now make direct comparisons to the yield of other grains.
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| Triticale variety trial (Corvallis) |
| Triticale variety trial (Madras) |
| Triticale
nitrogen rate trial (Corvallis) |
| "Celia" Winter Triticale and "Stephens" Soft White Winter Wheat Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer in 1997 - from 1997 Central Oregon Agricultural Research Center Annual Report. |
Triticales are also sometimes included in the Oregon Statewide
Variety Trials. Data is reported as part of the wheat variety trials
Other triticale links:
| Triticale Anyone? - A discussion of the potential for triticale production in Oregon |
| Triticale - Origin and taxonomy, agronomy and production, marketing and utilization |
| Triticale and Lupine Feeding Trials with Chickens |
| United States Standards for Triticale - USDA Official United States Standards for Grain |
| University of Idaho Cereals Extension |
| Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Home Page |
| Winter triticale site from the University of Saskatchewan |
| Forage Information System at Oregon State University |
| Triticale: A Reappraisal - overview of triticale and its role in world agriculture - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
Last updated March 29, 2001.
Crop & Soil Science WWW, Oregon State University (http://www.css.orst.edu/cereals)