The Holy Grail of Ancient Cereals

Geisslitz, Sabrina; Scherf, Katharina Anne

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-69228-5_11

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“…turanicum) that has reached a high popularity because of its suggested positive effects on human health (Bordoni et al, 2017;Spisni et al, 2020). In the wake of KAMUT ® brand wheat, any Khorasan wheat is acquiring importance because it is considered healthy (Geisslitz and Scherf, 2021), with some accessions sold under registered names and others simply described as such, sold as semolina or processed foods, with a wide market, especially in Western Countries where they can be found even in the large-scale distribution.…”

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Characterization of Triticum turgidum sspp. durum, turanicum, and polonicum grown in Central Italy in relation to technological and nutritional aspects

Palombieri,

Bonarrigo,

Cammerata

et al. 2023

Front. Plant Sci.

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IntroductionWheat is a staple food, with the two most common species being Triticum aestivum and Triticum turgidum ssp. durum. Moreover, the latter, T. turgidum, includes other tetraploid subspecies, among which the sspp. turanicum (Khorasan wheat) and polonicum (Polish wheat), whose importance has increased in the last decades, representing alternative crops for marginal areas, in addition to being a source of genetic diversity.MethodsIn this work, different accessions of these three subspecies of T. turgidum have been grown in 2 years in the same environment and have been characterized for technological properties and factors affecting nutritional quality, such as fiber amount and the content of micro- and macro-nutrients in grains, and for root morphological traits.ResultsThese analyses allowed the identification, in particular, of a Polish wheat accession showing better technological performances, a higher amount of positive micro- and macro-elements, and a lower amount of toxic cadmium. The modern variety Svevo and the Polish Pol2 showed the lowest and the highest shoot:root ratio, respectively. The high shoot:root ratio in Pol2 was mainly attributable to the decrease in root growth. Although Pol2 had a lower root biomass, its particular root morphology made it more efficient for nutrient uptake, as evident from the greater accumulation of micro- and macro-nutrients.DiscussionThese results underline that it is not possible to draw general conclusions about the difference between primitive and modern wheats, but rather a case-by-case approach should be chosen.

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