Agriculture in Marginal Areas: Reintroduction of Rye and Wheat Varieties for Breadmaking in the Antrona Valley

In marginal lands, cereal landraces continue to be important in agricultural production, whereas hybrids lose their competitive advantage. this context, selection for adaptation each environment is particularly crops grown under unfavourable conditions, e.g., mountain areas. work, from a panel of traditional and modern varieties, mixtures evolutionary populations, randomised block experiment was established select the most productive suitable wheat rye varieties specific Antrona Valley. The nutritional analysis flour carried out. results obtained two years varietal comparison suggested that more than growing environment: Alpina showed highest yield/m2 ash content (1.87% ± 0.03%; p < 0.05) compared other indicating it as baking process. Among wheats, San Pastore number ears/m2 (411 350; others. However, context climate change, cultivation Solibam could ensure yield stability, thanks high variability within population. Overall, our demonstrated possible reintroduction supply chain Valley resumption historic bread production.