Please ignore the second image. It is mostly Alyssum.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:00 AM, Nayan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Gurucharan Singh ji > great start and bumper production of grasses, Thanks > a lot for taking lead right form beginning & putting excellent pix. I > also have a wild species of wheat. I will post it saperately. Thanks again. > > Regards > > Nayan. > ........................... > N.S.Dungriyal IFS > Chief Conservator of Forests (NPV) > Satpura Bhawan > Arera Hills > Madhya Pradesh > Mo - 09424790074 > > *From:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, 31 March 2013 10:45 PM > *Subject:* [efloraofindia:150226] Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: > Poaceae- Aegilops tauschii Coss. from Kashmir--GS1 > > > *Aegilops tauschii* Coss., Notes pl. crit. 69. 1850 ("1849") > syn: *Triticum tauschii* (Coss.) Schmalh.; *Aegilops squarrosa* auct. > (non L.) > > Common names: Rough spike hard grass, Tausch's goat grass > > Our common wheat plant Triticum aestivum has a complicated history of > origin. In the first step diploid Triticum urartu (till recently considered > under T. monococcum) hybridized with possibly Aegilops speltoides and > subsequent duplication of chromosomes to yield tetraploid wild emer wheat > Triticum dicoccoides. Latter hybridized again with diploid Aegilops > tauschii, another duplication of chromosomes to yield hexaploid Triticum > aestivum that fills the bellies of people all over the world. I was > fortunate to click this immediate progenitor of wheat growing commonly in > Dachhigam forest. > > > Tufted annual grass usually less than 40 cm tall, erect or ascending; > leaves up to 15 cm long, 3-5 mm broad, sparsely hairy; spike terminal, > compact, up to 12 cm long with usually 7-10 spikelets; glumes 4-6 mm long, > leathery with truncate or slightly toothed apex, enclosing 3-5 florets; > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
