A History of Agriculture in India v1.c19.s7.6

v1.c19.s7.6

Percival states, ‘Like its ally *T. compactum*, this race *T. sphaerococcum* probably arose as a mutant among the progeny of an early hybrid. Its peculiarly small round grains very closely agree in form and size with Buschan’s *T. compactum globiforme*, the naked-grained wheat, most commonly grown in various parts of Europe in Neolithic times, and it is possible that the race now confined to India is a remnant of an ancient stock.’