Sentences with phrase «durum wheat varieties»

A group of scientists won the 2017 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security for applying advanced breeding techniques to strains of primitive and modern wheat to develop a set of durum wheat varieties that can not only withstand constant 35 to 40 degree Celsius (95 to 104 degree Fahrenheit) heat,

Joint author Agata Gadaleta from Università di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy, said: «Now that we've identified the cell wall characteristics that make a common wheat variety resistant to FHB, work can begin on transferring these traits to vulnerable durum wheat varieties.

The researchers hope that the identification of these unique cell wall traits in FHB - resistant common wheat could help in breeding durum wheat varieties that are able to defend themselves against infection, and reduce fungal toxin contamination in food.

The group decided to compare the ancient grains spelt, emmer, and einkorn with the more common bread and durum wheat varieties.

Not exact matches

Kamut, the commercial name for Khorasan wheat, is an ancient variety of durum, with a grain twice the size of modern - day wheat.

Lead author Daniela Bellincampi from Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy, said: «Breeding disease - resistant varieties of durum wheat is probably the best economic and ecological strategy for fighting this invasive and destructive disease.

These insights could help to produce stronger, disease - resistant varieties of durum wheat for improved pasta production.

The researchers compared a disease - resistant variety of common wheat and a susceptible variety of durum wheat.

«As of 2012, the start of the most recent phase of ACIAR - funded work, Afghanistan partners have developed and released 12 high - yielding and disease resistant bread wheat varieties, as well as 3 varieties of durum wheat, 2 of barley and 3 of maize,» said Rajiv Sharma, a senior wheat scientist at CIMMYT and country liaison officer for CIMMYT in Afghanistan.

The ultimate beneficiaries of the fruits of this network are farmers who will receive improved bread wheat, durum wheat and triticale varieties.

If you believe in eating less complex grains, einkorn, barley, and rye are diploid, with two sets of chromosomes; emmer and durum including kamut are a little more complex; they're tetraploids with four sets of chromosomes; spelt and bread wheat varieties are hexaploid with six sets of chromosomes.