Significance of the Initial Material in Developing New Short Wheat Varietie

Heights of 464 local and foreign, durum and bread wheat varieties of various geographical origin were determined in 2016-2017 vegetation years. From 259 bread wheat varieties 12.3% (32) appeared to be semi-dwarf (51-80 cm), 87.7% (227) of the genotypes were middle-height (81-110 cm). From 205 durum wheat genotypes 14.6% (30%) was semi-dwarf (51-80 cm), 81.0% (166) middle-height (81-110 cm) and 4.4% (9) was tall (111-140). Semi-dwarf bread and durum wheat genotypes were chosen as a genetic source and used in hybridization for breeding short varieties.