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Genetic diversity for grain nutrients in wild emmer wheat: potential for wheat improvement.
Annals of botany - 1 Jun 2010
Chatzav Merav, Peleg Zvi, Ozturk Levent, Yazici Atilla, Fahima Tzion, Cakmak Ismail, Saranga Yehoshua
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Micronutrient malnutrition, particularly zinc and iron deficiency, afflicts over three billion people worldwide due to low dietary intake. In the current study, wild emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides), the progenitor of domesticated wheat, was tested for (1) gen...
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