Development of winter wheat with excellent resistance to pre-harvest sprouting and rain damage

2005 
Pre-harvest sprouting and high alpha-amylase activity are the most serious problems for the wheat production in Hokkaido, the northern most part of Japan. It has become more frequent for wheats to be exposed to continuous rain for several days in harvest time. In addition, low temperature below 15 °C, combined with rainfall, accelerates the damage of pre-harvest sprouting. Therefore, we started a breeding program in 1998 to develop wheat varieties with excellent resistant to sprouting damage in Hokkaido.
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