Scientific names and synonyms of plant species:

A. strigosa = Avena strigosa

Ae. cylindrica = Aegilops cylindrica = Triticum cylindricum

Ae. ovata = Aegilops ovata = Triticum ovatum

Ae. speltoides = Aegilops speltoides = Triticum speltoides

Ae. tauschii = Aegilops squarrosa = Aegilops tauschii =Triticum tauschii

Ae. triuncialis = Aegilops triuncialis = Triticum triunciale

Ae. umbellulata = Aegilops umbellulata = Triticum umbellulatum

Ae. variabilis = Aegilops variabilis = Triticum peregrinum

Ae. ventricosa = Aegilops ventricosa = Triticum ventricosum

Ag. intermedium = Agropyron intermedium = Thinopyrum intermedium

H. villosa = Haynaldia villosa = Dasypyrum villosum

H. bulbosum = Hordeum bulbosum

S. cereale = Secale cereale = rye

T. aestivum = Triticum aestivum = hexaploid wheat

T. araraticum = Triticum araraticum = Triticum timopheevii ssp. armeniacum

T. boeoticum = Triticum boeoticum = Triticum monococcum ssp. aegilopoides

T. dicoccoides = Triticum dicoccoides = wild emmer wheat

T. durum = Triticum durum = durum, pasta, or macaroni wheat

T. macha = Triticum macha

T. militinae = Triticum militinae

T. polonicum = Triticum polonicum

T. spelta = Triticum spelta

T. timopheevii = Triticum timopheevii 2n = 28 = AAGG

T. urartu = Triticum urartu

Th. bessarabicum = Thinopyrum bassarabicum

Th. curvifolium = Thinopyrum curvifolium

Scientific names and synonyms of plant pathogens and pests:

B. sorokiniana = Bipolaris sorokiniana = Helminthosporium sativum = root rot fungus

C. sativus = Cochliobolus sativus = root rot fungus (asexual stage)

D. exitialis = Didymella exitialis = leaf scorch fungus

F. culmorum = Fusarium culmorum = scab or head blight fungus

F. graminearum = Fusarium graminearium = scab or brown rot fungus

F. nivale = Fusarium nivale = snow mold fungus

E. graminis f.sp. tritici = Erysiphe graminis f.sp. tritici = the powdery mildew fungus

G. graminis = Gaeumannomyces graminis = take-all fungus

G. zeae = Gibberella zeae = scab or head blight fungus (perfect stage)

H. sativum = Helminthosporium sativum = Bipolaris sorokiniana = root rot fungus fungus

H. avenae = Heterodera avenae = ronematode

M. graminicola = Septoria tritici = Mycosporella graminicola = leaf blotch fungus

P. nodorum = Phaeosphaeria nodorum = S. nodorum = leaf and glume blotch fungus

P. thornei = Pratylenchus thornei = root lesion nematode

P. recondita f.sp. tritici = Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici = leaf rust fungus

P. tritici repentis = Pyrenopthora tritici repentis = tan spot fungus

S. tritici = Septoria tritici = Mycosporella graminicola = leaf blotch fungus

T. caries = Tilletia caries = common bunt or stinking smut fungus

T. laevis = Tilletia laevis = Tilletia foetida = common bunt or stinking smut fungus bunt

Scientific Journals:

Ann Wheat Newslet = Annual Wheat Newsletter

Cereal Res Commun = Cereal Research Communications

Curr Biol = Current Biology

Eur J Plant Path = European Journal of Plant Pathology

Int J Plant Sci = International Journal of Plant Science

J Cereal Sci = Journal of Cereal Science

J Hered = Journal of Heredity

J Phytopath = Journal of Phytopathology

J Plant Phys = Journal of Plant Physiology

Mol Gen Genet = Molecular and General Genetics

Plant Breed = Plant Breeding

Plant, Cell and Envir = Plant, Cell and Environment

Plant Cell Rep = Plant Cell Reporter

Plant Physiol = Plant Physiology

Sci Agric Sinica = Scientia Agricultura Sinica

Theor Appl Genet = Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Units of measurement:

bu = bushels

ha = hectares

T = tons

me = milli-equivalents

MT = metric tons

Qx = quintal

sq² m = square meters

Miscellaneous terms:

ABA = abcisic acid

ai = active ingredient

AFLP = amplified fragment length polymorphism

Al = aluminum

A-PAGE = acid polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

APHIS = Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

AUDPC = area under the disease progress curve

CWESRS = Canadian western

CWRS = Canadian wester red spring (wheat)

CPS = Canadian prairie spring (wheat)

DH = doubled haploid

DON = deoxynivalenol, or vomitoxin

FAWWON = Facultative and Winter Wheat Observation Nursery

GA = gibberellic acid

GISH = genomic in situ hybridization

HPLC = high pressure liquid chromatography

HMW = high molecular weight (glutenins)

HRSW = hard red spring wheat

HRRW = hard red winter wheat

IEF = isoelectric focusing

IT = infection type

LMW = low molecular weight (glutenins)

MI = metaphase I of meiosis

NARS = National Agriculture Research Service

NGO = nongovernmental organization

NIL(s) = near isogenic line(s)

NOR = nucleolus organizer region

PCR = polymerase chain reaction

PFGE = pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

PMCs = pollen mother cells

PVP = plant variety protection

QTL = quantative trait loci

RAPD = random amplified polymorphic DNA

RFLP = restriction fragment length polymorphism

RI = recombinant inbred

RIL(s) = recombinant inbred line(s)

SAUDPC = standardized area under the disease progress curve

SDS-PAGE = sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

SH = synthetic hexaploid (2n = 6x = AABBDD for wheat)

SRPN = Southern Regional Performance Nursery

SRWW = soft red winter wheat

SRSW = soft red spring wheat

SSD = single seed descent

SSR = single sequence repeat

SWWW = soft white winter wheat

UESRWWN = Uniform Experimental Soft Red Winter Wheat Nursery
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