Elymus farctus

Elymus farctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Elymus
Species: E. farctus
Binomial name
Elymus farctus

Elymus farctus is a species of grass known by the common name sand couch-grass It is found in Europe and temperate Asia, and grows from rhizomes. [1]

A relative of wheat, E. farctus is salt-tolerant. A hybridization of the two creates a salt-tolerant wheat variety.[2][3]

References

  1. Elymus farctus at GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
  2. C.N. Law. New Small-grained Cereals which may have Value in Agriculture. New Crops for Food and Industry. International Centre for Underutilised Crops. 1989
  3. Gorham, J.; Wyn Jones, R. G. (1990). "A physiologists's approach to improve the salt tolerance of wheat". Rachis 9 (2): 20–24.
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