ITEMS FROM INdIA dIREcTORATE OF WHEAT RESEARcH

A n n u a l W h e a t N e w s l e t t e r V o l. 5 8. Our organic breeding program is highly focused on the development of new, organic cultivars of alternative or underutilized cereals such as einkorn and emmer. A new, organically bred, einkorn cultivar, Mv Menket, was released last year. This is the first semidwarf einkorn cultivar in the market, with elevated yield potential, and excellent resistance against most of the wheat diseases, except Fusarium. Mv Menket is an organic cultivar, because it is highly sensitive against all herbicides used in the Hungarian farming practice, and there is no possibility to use it in traditional agricultural practices.