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Abstract Economic development of modern society measured by the production of field crops as direct or indirect necessary materials for human consumption. Cereal growing dominates world agriculture. Cereal grains are commonly designated as either food (wheat and rice) or feed/coarse grains (maize, barley, sorghum, etc.) based on their primary and use. Wheat (Treticum aestivum, L.) in Egypt, as in many other countries in the world is one of the most important cereal crops. The production of wheat in Egypt is not enough to meet the local consumption. However, increasing the earea of wheat it is not realistically possible. increase the area of wheat. Though, increasing the yield per unit area is required at the present time through planting high yielding caltivars and applying suitable fertilization. |