Table 3. Agronomic traits of some synthetic hexaploids (T turgidum / Ae.tauschii) and three bread wheat check cultivars, Nesser, Dharwar Dry, and Sitta; combined over 2 years of field tests under reduced moisture condition at CAEVY, Mexico.

Entry no. Cross Grain yield (kg/ha) Above-ground biomass (t/ha) Spikes / m2 Grains / m2 Grains / spike 1,000-kernal weight Days to flowering Days to physiological maturity Plant height (cm)
56 Gan/Ae. tauschii (897) 4,037 11.9 381 10,389 28.2 38.7 82 120 99
44 D67.2 /P66.270/ /Ae. tauschii (257) 3,277 12.4 448 7,064 16.7 46.2 99 136 109
59 Doy1/Ae. tauschii (458) 3,225 12.4 370 6,294 18.6 50.1 93 133 109
29 Yav 3/Sco/ /Jo69/Cra /3/Yav79 /4/Ae. tauschii (498) 3,181 12.4 363 6,769 20.7 46.5 94 133 91
40 Croc 1/Ae. tauschii (518) 3,153 9.4 353 6,888 20.1 46.1 85 126 90
58 Doy1/Ae. tauschii (428) 3,150 11.0 374 6,140 16.8 51.2 94 130 111
2 Doy1/Ae. tauschii (188) 3,072 12.5 449 6,355 15.7 47.5 94 127 106
7 Cpi/Gediz /3/Goo/ /Jo69/Cra /4/Ae. tauschii (208) 3,053 12.2 389 6,522 17.8 47.0 94 129 109
45 Lck59.61 /Ae. tauschii (324) 3,025 11.9 507 7,503 15.0 40.0 106 137 101
43 Gan/Ae. tauschii (180) 3,022 13.8 409 6,915 16.9 43.6 94 130 100
4 Altar 84/ Ae.tauschii (193) 2,987 12.1 330 8,618 27.3 35.4 81 115 91
31 Doy1/Ae. tauschii (515) 2,962 8.7 410 6,117 15.6 48.2 95 130 107
64 Nesser, Check 4,065 10.8 477 14,298 30.7 29.3 78 114 72
62 Dharwar Dry, Check 3,276 9.2 364 11,522 33.7 29.1 80 114 94
63 Sitta, Check 3,166 9.4 351 12,230 35.0 26.6 80 114 79
Least significant difference (5 %) 209 0.5 24 432 1.3 1.2 1 1.1 3
Coefficient of variation (%) 9 10 10 11 11 6 2 2 5