499
Laboratory
methods
for
identifying
New
Zealand
wheat
cultivars
By G. D.
COLES
Crop
Research
Division,
DSIR,
P.B.,
Christchurch,
New
Zealand
AND
C.
W.
WRIGLEY
CSIRO
Wheat
Research
Unit,
North
Ryde, NSW,
Australia
(Received
8
July
1976)
ABSTRACT
Four laboratory methods of identifying New Zealand wheat cultivars are described.
The tests complement the range of morphological and developmental characteristics at
present used for identification purposes, and when used together can identify unequivocallv
any wheat variety grown under certification in New Zealand