Article
Transfer of Soft Kernel Texture from Triticum aestivum to Durum Wheat, Triticum turgidum ssp. durum
2011-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) is a leading cereal grain whose primary use is the production of semolina and pasta. Its rich culinary relationship to humans is related, in part, to its very hard kernel texture. This very hard texture is due to the loss of the Puroindoline genes that were eliminated during the allopolyploid formation of T. turgidum approximately 0.5 million years ago. In the present rep...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a79b62b9-dffc-56ef-9f10-ff0f9e804002
- DOI
- 10.2135/cropsci2010.05.0306
