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Threshing efficiency as an incentive for rapid domestication of emmer wheat.
Annals of botany - 1 Sept 2013
Tzarfati Raanan, Saranga Yehoshua, Barak Vered, Gopher Avi, Korol Abraham B, Abbo Shahal
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The harvesting method of wild and cultivated cereals has long been recognized as an important factor in the emergence of domesticated non-shattering ear genotypes. This study aimed to quantify the effects of spike brittleness and threshability on threshing time and efficiency in emmer wheat, and to evaluate the implications of post-harvest processes on domestication of cereals in the Near...
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