Triticum turgidum is a ANNUAL growing to 1.5 m .
It is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Wind.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil. The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure.
An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most well-drained soils in a sunny position. One of the more primitive forms of wheat, it was probably developed in cultivation from T. dicoccoides about 10,000 years ago. It is still occasionally cultivated for its edible seed, there are some named varieties. It is not very high yielding. A tetraploid species, it is not much grown outside Britain.
HabitatsDeveloped through cultivationHabitatsit is not known in a truly wild location.
HabitatsCultivated Beds
HabitatsCultivated Beds
Resources
GrowNote Durum South 0 Introduction
CROP OVERVIEW | GROWING REGIONS | BRIEF HISTORY | ECONOMICS OF
DURUM PRODUCTIONSOUTHERN
AUGUST 2017SECTION A
INTRODUCTIONDURUM
https://grdc.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/369471/GrowNote-Durum-South-0-I…GrowNote Durum South 0 IntroductionGrowNote Durum South 0 Introduction
CROP OVERVIEW | GROWING REGIONS | BRIEF HISTORY | ECONOMICS OF
GRDC
DURUM PRODUCTION
SOUTHERN
AUGUST 2017
SECTION A
INTRODUCTION
DURUM
Major pests
- Agropyron mosaic virus
Alternaria triticina
Barley yellow dwarf viruses
Barley yellow striate mosaic virus
Blumeria graminis
Bromus madritensis
Bromus rigidus
Bromus rubens
Bromus sterilis
Diuraphis noxia
Eurygaster integriceps
Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici
Gibberella avenacea
Lepidium draba
Meloidogyne artiellia
Metopolophium dirhodum
Mycosphaerella graminicola
Papaver rhoeas
Phalaris paradoxa
Pratylenchus thornei
Puccinia graminis
Puccinia triticina
Rathayibacter tritici
Rhyzopertha dominica
Tilletia laevis
Tilletia tritici
Urocystis agropyri
Wheat spindle streak mosaic virus
Wheat yellow mosaic bymovirus