The renewed focus on cereal landraces is a response to some negative consequences of
modern agriculture and conventional breeding which led to a reduction of genetic diversity …

Carotenoid pigment content is an important quality trait as it confers a natural bright yellow
color to pasta preferred by consumers (whiteness vs. yellowness) and nutrients, such as …

Representative, broad and diverse collections are a primary resource to dissect genetic
diversity and meet pre-breeding and breeding goals through the identification of beneficial …

Addressing the challenges of climate change and durum wheat production is becoming an
important driver for food and nutrition security in the Mediterranean area, where are located …

Durum wheat is one of the most important cultivated cereal crops, providing nutrients to
humans and domestic animals. Durum breeding programs prioritize the improvement of its …

The modern cultivated wheat has passed a long evolution involving origin of wild emmer
(WEM), development of cultivated emmer, formation of spelt wheat and finally establishment …

Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. ssp. durum) is one of the top crops in Kazakhstan, where
it is cultivated in different ecological niches, mainly at higher latitudes in the steppe zone of …

Wheat stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), is a major wheat disease
worldwide. A collection of 283 wild emmer wheat [Triticum turgidum L. subsp. dicoccoides …

Rusts of the genus Puccinia are wheat pathogens. Stem (black; Sr), leaf (brown; Lr), and
stripe (yellow; Yr) rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), Puccinia triticina (Pt) …

Durum and bread wheat are two related species with different ploidy levels but a high
similarity between the common A and B genomes. This feature, which allows a continuous …