“…The cytological reports on a variety of Triticum X Secale hybrids are too numerous to be included in this list here but it is significant to note that the number of bivalent associations at first metaphase has been found to vary from none (LONGLEY and SANDO, 1930), I to 2 (ZALENSKY and DOROSHENKO, 1925;BLEIER, 1930), three (KIHARA, 1924;THOMPSON, 1926;AASE, 1930), to as many as four (BLEIER, 1940;NAKAJIMA, 1952a) and even six (KATTERMANN, I 938b). In general, more than three bivalents were observed when T. sphaeromecum was used instead of T.…”