Khorasan wheat is a thousand years old grain that is believed to be the ancient relative of
modern durum wheat.
The team crossed Einkorn with
modern durum wheat — the kind used to make pasta — to introduce the pump gene without genetic engineering.
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.
Kamut ® is also an ancient relative of
modern wheat,
durum wheat to be exact.
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,