Genetic diversity for grain nutrients in wild emmer wheat: Potential for wheat improvement

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1211-1220

  Chatzav, Merav ^a   Peleg, Zvi ^a   Ozturk, Levent ^b   Yazici, Atilla ^b   Fahima, Tzion ^c   Cakmak, Ismail ^b   Saranga, Yehoshua ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

grain quality; iron; macronutrient; micronutrient; protein; Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides; wheat improvement; zinc

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; DOMESTICATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; MALNUTRITION; MINERAL; PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; WHEAT; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; WHEAT;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DICOCCON; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DICOCCOIDES;

EID: 77953839607     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq024     Document Type: Article

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