Effect of parental genotypes of crossability in triticale x wheat crosses

Six hexaploid triticale strains were crossed as female parents with a set of six commercial wheat cultivars to study the effect of parental genotypes on crossability in triticale x wheat crosses. Significant differences were observed in crossability among different parental lines. Crossability in triticale x wheat crosses ranged from 0.7 to 59.7%. The highest mean seed sets of 26.3 and 22.5% were obtained with DT 78 and Raj 3077, respectively.