Common wheat (Triticum aestivum), also known as bread wheat, is a cultivated wheat species.[1][2][3][4][5] About 95% of wheat produced worldwide is common wheat;[6] it is the most widely grown of all crops and the cereal with the highest monetary yield.[7]
^Bonjean, Alain P. and William J. Angus, ed. (2001). The world wheat book: a history of wheat breeding. Andover, Massachusetts, US: Intercept. p. 1131. ISBN978-1-898298-72-4. Excellent resource for 20th century plant breeding.