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. 2014 Jun 19;62(1):55–66. doi: 10.1007/s10722-014-0135-0

Table 2.

Morphological traits of T. timococcum Kost., nom. nud. grown in the field compared to its parents and to its previous generation (2012 and 2013, Martonvásár)

Plant material assessed Year Number of plants/spikes evaluated Heading date Plant height (cm) Tillering (spikes/plant) Length of spike (cm) Florets/spike Seeds/spike Density of spikelets (spikelets/cm of spike)
Triticum timopheevii Zhuk. subsp. timopheevii var. rubiginosum MVGB845 2012 10/30 28 May 109.3 9.4 5.48 42.0 29.7 3.84
2013 10/30 13 June 96.9 12.4 6.47 45.3 33.4 3.52
Triticum monococcum L. subsp. monococcum 1T-1 2012 10/30 24 May 64.7 11.9 4.85 22.8 8.5 4.71
2013 10/30 21 May 67.5 7.0 6.83 30.6 47.7¤ 4.50
T. timococcum 2012 294/146 11 June**,## (29 May-30 June) 71.9**,×× 4.8**,## 6.40**,##,×× 33.2**,##,×× 13.0**,##,× 2.61**,##,×
2013 458/30 14 June## 82.1*,#,×× 4.5**,# 8.40**,##,×× 41.7*,##,×× 9.7**,##,× 2.49**,##,×

* Significantly different from MVGB845 in the same year at the P = 0.05 level

** Significantly different from MVGB845 in the same year at the P = 0.01 level

#Significantly different from 1T-1 in the same year at the P = 0.05 level

##Significantly different from 1T-1 in the same year at the P = 0.01 level

×Significantly different from T. timococcum in the other year at the P = 0.05 level

××Significantly different from T. timococcum in the other year at the P = 0.01 level

¤Under good conditions the semi-dwarf line of einkorn develops not 1, but 2 florets (seeds) in 30–50 % of its spikelets