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Wheat - a new species produced via breeding technology

Durum wheat and goat grass were hybridized to produce bread wheat

Long Description: Hybridization and chromosome doubling were used to produce bread wheat from durum wheat and goat grass parents.

Prehistoric farmers selected and cultivated bread wheat.

There are no wild, natural populations of bread wheat.

This species exists only due to human effort.

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