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Abstract
Triticale is an alloploid species derived from the
intergeneric hybridization between wheat and rye. There are
three forms of triticale have been established; tetraploid,
hexaploid and octaploid triticales. As a cereal crop, triticale has
a certain desirable characteristics as compared to wheat such as:
better protein quality (with high lycine content), less requirement
of nitrogen fertilization, more tolerant to salinity and drought
(like the rye parent in these respects). In Egypt, the production
of wheat is not enough for human consumption and it comes
from a limited cultivated land because of the competation
between wheat and the other winter crops. It is become
necessary to search for other human nutritive cereal crop has the
ability to grow under unfavourable environmental conditions.
The need to have additional land for farming in order to
provide food for the ever increasing population in Egypt, has
stimulated the interest of economists, agriculturists and
successive governments planning agencies to develop the new
reclamed lands especially in the northern coast region of
A R. E. The role of the plant breeder in this problem is to
establish and improve new varieties or strains of plant species
which can grow normally in such areas. Since most of these
lands are characterized by poor soil, high salinity level and low
rainfall, the new varieties or strains must be tolerant to salinity,
drought and poor soil conditions in order to grow normally and
produce economic yields in these areas. Therefore, triticale
strains seemed to be the most suitable crop for planting these
areas to overcome the shortage in cereal crops production