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Durum Wheat Breeding

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Abstract

This chapter summarizes the scientific and technical knowledge for durum wheat breeding, giving some examples of the methods applied in national programs. Section 1 refers to the importance of durum wheat in the world. Sections 2 and 3 give technical details on genetic diversity and the choice of germplasm, while the main varietal groups are explained in Section 4. Information about the major breeding achievements, current goals of breeding and breeding methods and techniques are covered by Sections 5, 6 and 7 respectively. The integration of new biotechnologies, particularly marker assisted selection, into breeding programs is described on Section 8, while information about foundation seed production and intellectual property rights are given on Section 9.

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    Royo, C., Elias, E., Manthey, F. (2009). Durum Wheat Breeding. In: Carena, M. (eds) Cereals. Handbook of Plant Breeding, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72297-9_6

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