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Ancient wheats / Nusret Zencirci, Hakan Ulukan, Faheem Shehzad Baloch, Shahid Mansoor, Awais Rasheed, editors.

Zencirci, Nusret, editor.; Ulukan, Hakan, editor.; Baloch, Faheem Shehzad, editor.; Mansoor, Shahid, editor.; Rasheed, Awais, editor.
2022
SB191.W5
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Title
Ancient wheats / Nusret Zencirci, Hakan Ulukan, Faheem Shehzad Baloch, Shahid Mansoor, Awais Rasheed, editors.
ISBN
9783031072857 (electronic bk.)
3031072855 (electronic bk.)
9783031072840
3031072847
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07285-7
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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10.1007/978-3-031-07285-7 doi
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SB191.W5
Dewey Decimal Classification
633.1/1
Summary
Wheat (Triticum L.), an annual herbaceous plant in Poacae (Gramineae) family, settles in the Triticeae (Hordeae) subfamily. The grasses (Poaceae Barnhart) are the fifth largest (monocotyledonous flowering) plant family and of great importance for human civilization and life. Cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice, barley, and millet are the domesticated ones in the family. It is still the most vital economical plant family in modern times, providing food, forage, building materials (bamboo, thatch), and fuel (ethanol). Wheat has many accessions in national and international gene banks. The estimated number of wheats by FAO in 2010 is 856,000, and, followed by rice (774,000), and barley (467,000). However, the recent consumer's (misdirected) focus on gluten content and nutritional value urges scientists to reexamine their knowledge about wheat (i.e., origin, evolution, and general and special quality characteristics), as well as their wild relatives and landraces for newer possible genetic resources. Cultured or non-cultured ancestral wheats: einkorn, emmer, wild emmer, spelt, macha, and vavilovii are still limitedly grown on the higher areas in Turkey, Italy, Germany, Morocco, Israel, and Balkan countries. They are exploited mostly for their desired agronomic, and specific quality. In some cultures, wheat species are believed to be therapeutic, with bioactive compounds that reduce and inhibit stubborn illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer, and cardiovascular diseases. In this book, we summarize the importance of ancestral wheat species, and provide a prospect for their future with special considerations in terms of species conservation and improvement. .
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Zencirci, Nusret, editor.
Ulukan, Hakan, editor.
Baloch, Faheem Shehzad, editor.
Mansoor, Shahid, editor.
Rasheed, Awais, editor.
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Chapter. 1. Introduction
Chapter. 2. Domestication and Evolution of Ancient Wheats
Chapter. 3. Origin, Taxonomy and Distribution of Ancient Wheats in Turkey
Chapter. 4. Genetic Diversity in Ancient Wheats
Chapter. 5. Conservation Strategies
Chapter. 6. Chemical Composition of Einkorn (Triticum monococcum ssp. monococcum), Emmer (Triticum dicoccum), and Spelt (Triticum spelta)
Chapter. 7. Nutritional and Technological Aspects of Ancient Wheat
Chapter. 8. From hologenomes to biofertilizers in wheat production
Chapter. 9. Wild relatives and their contributions to wheat breeding
Chapter. 10. Socio-economic evaluation of einkorn wheat production.

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