Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

What is the ploidy level of Triticum aestivum?

Correct answer A. Hexaploid

Explanation

Bread wheat is an allohexaploid (2n = 6x = 42) carrying the A, B and D genomes, derived from hybridisation of three different diploid grass species.

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