A. Adhikari, D. Oli, P. Poudel, P. B. Magar, S. Pandit, A. Pokhrel, S.B. Gurung, J. Shrestha 1Himalayan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Purbanchal University, Kathmandu, Nepal 2Montana State University, Department of Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology, Bozeman, USA

St. Dobreva* Field Crop Institute, 6200 Chirpan, Bulgaria (Manuscript received 17 May 2016; accepted for publication 28 October 2016) Abstract. Two of the oldest plants that nature has provided to mankind for feeding – wheat and rye, are now combined in a totally new species. In