Aegilops species found in chicken feed in Tabriz

H. KIHARA and K. YAMASHITA

National Institute of Genetics, Misima and Biol. Lab. Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan

During the Kyoto University Scientific Expedition to the Karakoram and Hindukush in 1955, we found Aegilops spikelets mixed in chicken feed in a down town shop in Tabriz, Iran, which drew our special interest. We bought a sample of 350 grams which was classified on morphological investigations as follows:

Aegilops crassa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 spikelets
Aegilops squarrosa . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 spikelets
Aegilops triuncialis . . . . . . . . . . . 17 spikelets
Aegilops cylindrica . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 spikelets
Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,441 grains
Barley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,231 grains
Weed seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . over 85 species

It is noteworthy that the sample contained all the species of Aegilops, except Ae. columnaris, collected around Tabriz.

(Received Oct. 15, 1957)