State Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
State Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
Trends Plant Sci. 2016 Sep;21(9):731-737. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.05.005. Epub 2016 Jun 27.
Einkorn, emmer, and spelt are old wheat species that have fed the world for centuries before they have nearly completely been replaced by modern bread wheat. Nowadays, the diversity of these old species lies frozen in gene banks and rare attempts aim to exploit them as a source for genetic diversity in modern wheat breeding. Here, we want to raise a debate on a more holistic exploitation of ancient species via their direct introduction to the consumer market as high quality products. Although exemplified only for ancient wheat species, this innovative self-financing strategy can be directly extended to other species. A central requirement for this concept is intensive communication, coordination, and interdisciplinary research along the entire production chain from farm to fork.
硬粒小麦、二粒小麦和斯佩耳特小麦是古老的小麦品种，在它们几乎被现代面包小麦完全取代之前，已经养活了世界几个世纪。如今，这些古老品种的多样性被冻结在基因库中，只有少数尝试试图将它们作为现代小麦育种中遗传多样性的来源加以利用。在这里，我们希望通过直接将这些古老物种引入消费市场作为优质产品来引发一场关于更全面利用它们的辩论。虽然这一创新的自筹资金策略仅以古代小麦物种为例，但可以直接将其扩展到其他物种。这一概念的一个核心要求是，在从农场到餐桌的整个生产链中，进行密集的沟通、协调和跨学科研究。
