Znaczenie gospodarcze i mozliwosci uprawy pszenzyta ozimego w Polsce

The first Polish winter triticale variety Lasko successfuly cultivated in Europe has been bred 15 years ago. From that moment, the advantageous traits of this new cereal crop, passed triticale from the marginal importance to the positions equal to the other cereals in Poland. In 1996 the triticale was cultivated in Poland on 621 thousand ha (in some regions its percentage in cereal acreage increased to 15%) and the grain production exceeded 2000 thousand tons. Because of its high feeding value the grain yield was almost totaly used for animals feed. The paper presents some current problems of winter triticale production and utilization.