Emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum (Schrank) Schuebler) is a very important form of wheat species endowed with high protein, heat tolerance and appreciable resistance to diseases. High satiety value and low glycimic index made this wheat suitable for diabetic subjects. However, the fragile rachis and non-free threshing kernels, which make harvesting and threshing of dicoccum wheat's difficult, time consuming and expensive. Thus, the possibility to obtain free-threshing forms of T. dicoccum should make its cultivation economically viable. Consequently, there is an exigency to develop free...
Emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum (Schrank) Schuebler) is a very important form of wheat species endowed with high protein, heat tolerance and appreciabl...