INHERITANCE OF SOME MORPHOLOGICAL-CHARACT ERISTICS, GROWTH HABIT, ANDPOWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE IN SPELT WHEAT TRITICUM-MONOCOCCUM L

Monogenic control of downiness, glume color, and coleoptile color was established in Triticum monococcum. The type of the ear characteristic of T. monococcum is dominant over that of T. sinskajae L. Resistance of spelt wheat to powdery mildew may be determined by one or two domin ant genes or one recessive gene; spring growth habit is likely to be c ontrolled by dominant alleles of one or two genes. Linkage between gen es of powdery mildew resistance and coleoptile color was not observed. The genes determining coleoptile color are not linked with the genes controlling glume color.