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| - The root grain, triticale, could trace its ancestry back to 20th century Canada. However, Pavel Chekov claimed, as he was wont to do, that "it [was] a Russian invention." In 2268, Nilz Baris, the Federation agricultural undersecretary, transported several tons of quadrotriticale to Deep Space K-7, intending to send it to Sherman's Planet for the purpose of developing it as an agrarian colony. He ordered Captain James T. Kirk, then commanding officer of the USS Enterprise, to protect the grain. This grain was superseded by quintotriticale by 2269. (TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles")
- It was the only Earth grain able to grow on Sherman's Planet, and in 2267, several tons of quadrotriticale were shipped to Deep Space Station K-7 bound for Sherman's Planet. This grain was poisoned by Klingon agents trying to undermine Federation colonization; this espionage was discovered when tribbles consumed the majority of the grain. (TOS episode: "The Trouble with Tribbles"; DS9 novelization: Trials and Tribble-ations) In 2373, Quark invested heavily in quadrotriticale futures, and suffered heavy financial losses. (DS9 episode: "Business as Usual")
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| - It was the only Earth grain able to grow on Sherman's Planet, and in 2267, several tons of quadrotriticale were shipped to Deep Space Station K-7 bound for Sherman's Planet. This grain was poisoned by Klingon agents trying to undermine Federation colonization; this espionage was discovered when tribbles consumed the majority of the grain. (TOS episode: "The Trouble with Tribbles"; DS9 novelization: Trials and Tribble-ations) The grain was grown in large quantities in The Armada in the Maltese asteroid belt in 2365 when the crop was ruined by chroniton particles. Quadrotriticale was also used on The Armada to brew grain alcohol in a still made by a group of youngsters who lived there. (TNG comic: "Space Seeds") A strain of desert-adapted quadrotriticale was supplied by the Federation to Obsidian in the 2290s. Although it yielded one good harvest, the second generation crops failed, supposedly due to faulty genetic coding. (TOS novel: Vulcan's Forge) In 2373, Quark invested heavily in quadrotriticale futures, and suffered heavy financial losses. (DS9 episode: "Business as Usual") Quadrotriticale was also grown on the planet Mariposa, and was distilled into whisky by Bringloidi settlers. (SCE eBook: Out of the Cocoon) In the late 26th century, quadrotriticale was being grown on the Kelvan colony. (TOS - Strange New Worlds 9 short story: "Gone Native") Quadrotriticale was a key ingredient in chicken-and-quadrotriticale soup. (TOS novel: Spock Must Die!)
- The root grain, triticale, could trace its ancestry back to 20th century Canada. However, Pavel Chekov claimed, as he was wont to do, that "it [was] a Russian invention." In 2268, Nilz Baris, the Federation agricultural undersecretary, transported several tons of quadrotriticale to Deep Space K-7, intending to send it to Sherman's Planet for the purpose of developing it as an agrarian colony. He ordered Captain James T. Kirk, then commanding officer of the USS Enterprise, to protect the grain. The grain was later discovered to be poisoned by the Klingons, through the assistance of their Intelligence operative, Arne Darvin, who had obtained a post as Baris's assistant specifically to carry out his mission, that of preventing the UFP from successfully developing Sherman's Planet, as the Organian Peace Treaty permitted. The poison consisted of a virus with which Darvin had impregnated the grain, which became an inert material in an organism's bloodstream when eaten; the amount of inert material was directly proportional to the amount of food, thus infected or not, that the organism ate, and within 48 to 72 hours, it prevented the organism from taking in enough nourishment to survive, essentially starving the organism to death. The discovery was made when untended tribbles got into the grain silos and ate the poisoned grain, and soon after died. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" ) This grain was superseded by quintotriticale by 2269. (TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles") In late 2373, Quark's quadrotriticale futures contract was completely wiped out, which among other things, worsened the fact that he was "up to his lobes in debt." (DS9: "Business as Usual")
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