Editing Triticale (section)

==In fiction==
An episode of the popular TV series ''[[Star Trek]]'', "[[The Trouble with Tribbles]]", revolved around the protection of a grain developed from triticale. This grain was named "quadro-triticale" by writer [[David Gerrold]] at the suggestion of producer [[Gene Coon]], with four distinct lobes per kernel. In that episode [[Mr. Spock]] correctly attributes the ancestry of the nonfictional grain to 20th-century Canada.<ref name="Trouble-Tribbles-Vanity-Fair">{{cite magazine | last=Vinciguerra | first=Thomas | title=Star Trek: Inside "The Trouble with Tribbles," 50 Years Later | magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] | date=2017-12-29 | url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/star-trek-trouble-with-tribbles-50th-anniversary | access-date=2021-07-20}}</ref>

Indeed, in 1953 the [[University of Manitoba]] began the first North American triticale breeding program. Early breeding efforts concentrated on developing a high-yield, drought-tolerant human food crop species suitable for marginal wheat-producing areas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Triticale|url=http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex127|publisher=Government of Alberta, Agriculture and Rural Development|access-date=11 September 2011}}</ref> (Later in the episode, [[Pavel Chekhov|Chekov]] claims that the fictional quadro-triticale was a "Russian invention".<ref name="Gerrold-1973">{{cite book | last=Gerrold | first=David | author-link=David Gerrold | title=The Trouble With Tribbles - the birth, sale, and final production of one episode | publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] | publication-place=New York | year=1973 | isbn=978-0-345-27671-1 | oclc=9265346 | pages=1–293}} p.{{spaces}}202</ref>)

A later episode titled "[[More Tribbles, More Troubles]]", in [[Star Trek: The Animated Series|the animated series]], also written by Gerrold, dealt with "quinto-triticale", an improvement on the original, having apparently five lobes per kernel.<ref name="Gerrold-STcom">{{cite web|url=https://intl.startrek.com/article/david-gerrold-recalls-more-tribbles-and-bem|title=David Gerrold Recalls "More Tribbles" and "Bem"|date=March 10, 2011|publisher=Star Trek.com|accessdate=March 30, 2013}}</ref>

Three decades later the spinoff series ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' revisited quadro-triticale and the depredations of the Tribbles in the episode "[[Trials and Tribble-ations]]".<ref name="Trials-and-Tribble-ations-STcom">{{cite web | title=20 Years Later... "Trials and Tribble-ations" | website=Star Trek.com | date=2016-11-04 | url=http://www.startrek.com/article/20-years-later-trials-and-tribble-ations | access-date=2021-07-20}}</ref>