Mining centuries old in-situ conserved Turkish wheat landraces for grain yield and stripe rust resistance genes

Wheat landraces in Turkey are an important genetic resource for wheat improvement. An exhaustive five-year (2009-2014) effort made by the International Winter Wheat Improvement Programme (IWWIP) a cooperative program between the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey, the Internationa...

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Main Authors: Deepmala Sehgal, Susanne Dreisigacker, Savas Belen, Umran Kucukozdemir, Zafer Mert, Emel Ozer, Alexei Morgounov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2016.00201/full