New samples of <i>Triticum polonicum </i>L. of Azerbaijan
The article presents the results of studying morphometric and agronomical traits of new samples of T. polonicum from Azerbaijan selected from the founders - polonicum forms in hybrid and breeding nurseries of Terter Agrarian Safeguarding System of Research Institute of Crop Husbandry (Azerbaijan). The study of 61 samples, transferred to the National gene bank, showed a very high variability amplitude considering the growth habit, earing time, plant height, lodging and disease resistance, shape and density of the spike, thus, a wide intraspecific polymorphism is evident. The samples also included semi-dwarf forms. Most polonicum samples proved resistant to lodging and diseases. The selected accessions are proposed to be used as a raw material for creating low- and medium height, high yielding varieties of durum wheats with high grain quality and disease resistance.