Talk:Triticale

According to Wikipedia, Triticale was developed in the late 19th century in Scotland and Sweden. Not in Canada in 1959. 24.145.255.42 06:20, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * One thing to remember is that this article is written from an in-universe perspective, and therefore goes with what was stated in canon, not in the real world. I am not sure where the University of Manitoba stuff is from, or 1959, but the Canada stuff comes from this line:
 * SPOCK: "Quadrotriticale is a high-yield grain, a four-lobed hybrid of wheat and rye. A perennial, also, I believe. Its root grain, triticale, can trace its ancestry all the way back to twentieth century Canada."
 * Now, I can't find any reference to a university, or to a specific year. In light of that, I am slapping a PNA-cite on this article. --OuroborosCobra talk 06:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm, on some investigation, it seems that someone decided that in the real world triticale was invented in 1959 at the University of Manitoba based on someone who lived in Winnipeg, yet this doesn't seem to bear out based on the Wikipedia article. Even if it was true, it would not belong in the canon section of the article, and apparently it isn't true. The Canada and 20th century part has to stay in this article, as that IS canon, but the University of Manitoba and 1959 stuff is going. --OuroborosCobra talk  06:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm not a registered user, but one of the people credited with the creation of Triticale was Dr. Zilinsky. Triticale made a big difference to Mexican crop yields (high protein and larger grains than regular wheat; triticale is a combination of rye and wheat). Anyway, I went to university with Dr. Zilinsky's daughter back some 35 years ago.