Lodging resistance and feeding quality of triticale and cereal rye lines in an alpine pastoral area of P. R. China

Triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack) is a hybrid progeny of wheat (Triticum spp.) and rye (Secale cereale L.) and exhibits significant heterosis compared with its parents. Triticale is grown in many countries as a forage crop and has broad application prospects. In this study, conducted in 2015 and 2016 at Gansu, P. R. China, the morphological characteristics of stems, the microstructural features of the second internode from the base, and the chemical components of two triticale lines and two rye lines were compared. This study found that the plant height of triticale was lower than that of rye (P