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Fig. 4. Intergeneric F1 hybrids between bread wheat cultivar Fukuhokomugi (Fuko) and decaploid tall wheatgrass, Thinopyrum ponticum var., ‘Alkar’ (2n = 10x = 70). This hybridization offers prospects for breeding "perennial" wheat. (A) Seeds of the female parent Fuko (top row), intergeneric F1 hybrid (middle row), and the male parent Alkar (bottom row). Note large size of the seeds (with husk) of the hybrid. (B) Seeds of Fuko (top row), dehusked seeds of intergeneric F1 hybrid (middle row), and dehusked seeds of the grass parent Alkar (bottom row). (From Jauhar, 1995).
