Aegilops speltoides

Taxobox
name = "Aegilops speltoides"

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image_width = 310px
image_caption = "Aegilops speltoides"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Aegilops"
species = "A. speltoides"
binomial = "Aegilops speltoides"
binomial_authority = Tausch

"Aegilops speltoides" (syn. "Sitopsis speltoides" (Tausch) Á.Löve) is an edible plant in the Poaceae family native to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, which is often used for animal feed, and it has grown in cultivated beds. This plant is an important natural source disease resistance in wheat, and it is known or likely to be susceptible to barley mild mosaic bymovirus.

References

* [http://image.fs.uidaho.edu/vide/refs.htm#authors Brunt, A.A., Crabtree, K., Dallwitz, M.J., Gibbs, A.J., Watson, L. and Zurcher, E.J. (eds.)] (1996 onwards). [http://image.fs.uidaho.edu/vide/descr059.htm "Barley mild mosaic bymovirus"] . [http://image.fs.uidaho.edu/vide/refs.htm Plant Viruses Online: Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database. Version: 20th August 1996] .

External links

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?1547 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Aegilops speltoides"]
* [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Aegilops+speltoides Plants For A Future: "Aegilops speltoides"]
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* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AESP2 USDA Plants Profile: "Aegilops speltoides"]