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Mention the name of man-made cereal. How it is developed?

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Triticale, the successful first man made cereal Depending on the ploidy level Triticale can be divided into three main groups :
(i) Tetraploidy : Cross between diploid wheat and rye.
(ii) Hexaplodiy : Crosses between tetraploid wheat Tritium durum (macaroni wheat ) and rye. (iii) Octoploidy : Crosses between haxalploid wheat T. aestivum (bread wheat ) and rye.
Hexaploily Triticale hybrid plants demonstrate characteristics of both macaroni wheat and rye. For example , they combine the high - protein content of wheat with rye.s high content of the amino acid lysine, which is low in wheat.
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