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Descriptor English: Triticum
Descriptor Spanish: Triticum
Descriptor Triticum
Entry term(s) Triticum aestivum
Triticum durum
Triticum spelta
trigo
trigo rubión
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia POACEAE, fuente de GRANOS COMESTIBLES. Su híbrido con centeno (SECALE CEREALE) se denomina TRITICALE. La semilla se muele para obtener HARINA para hacer PAN y es la fuente de las AGLUTININAS DE GERMEN DE TRIGO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Triticum
Descriptor French: Triticum
Entry term(s): Durum Wheat
Durum Wheats
Triticum aestivum
Triticum durum
Triticum spelta
Triticum turgidum
Triticum turgidum subsp. durum
Triticum vulgare
Wheat
Wheat, Durum
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.822.918
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014908
Scope note: A plant genus of the family POACEAE that is the source of EDIBLE GRAIN. A hybrid with rye (SECALE CEREALE) is called TRITICALE. The seed is ground into FLOUR and used to make BREAD, and is the source of WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS.
Annotation: wheat germ: index under TRITICUM, not TRITICUM / embryol; the rye-wheat hybrid TRITICALE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 15309
Unique ID: D014908
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Triticum - Preferred
Concept UI M0022964
Scope note A plant genus of the family POACEAE that is the source of EDIBLE GRAIN. A hybrid with rye (SECALE CEREALE) is called TRITICALE. The seed is ground into FLOUR and used to make BREAD, and is the source of WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS.
Preferred term Triticum
Triticum turgidum - Narrower
Concept UI M0492140
Preferred term Triticum turgidum
Wheat - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0401423
Preferred term Wheat
Triticum aestivum - Narrower
Concept UI M0401424
Preferred term Triticum aestivum
Entry term(s) Triticum vulgare
Triticum spelta - Narrower
Concept UI M0492142
Scope note A variety which is the source of spelt (which should not be confused with oat spelt).
Preferred term Triticum spelta
Durum Wheat - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0492141
Scope note A hard wheat that is high in GLUTENS and DIETARY PROTEINS. It is used for semolina pasta and BREAD.
Preferred term Durum Wheat
Entry term(s) Durum Wheats
Triticum durum
Triticum turgidum subsp. durum
Wheat, Durum



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