Triticale: grain-quality characteristics and management of quality requirements

The wheat-rye hybrid triticale was developed to combine the agronomic advantages of rye (winter hardiness and its ability to thrive in poorer soil) with the hope that the baking quality of wheat would be retained. These hopes have not (yet) been fulfilled completely, although triticale can thrive in situations where wheat may not. At present, much of the production of triticale is used for animal feed, but there is still a significant place for triticale in the human diet