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Why is it important?
Feeding an ever-increasing population with a constant, and ultimately limited supply is one of the biggest challenges humanity will face in the coming decades. Perennial crops have been shown to drastically reduce certain problems associated with modern agricultural practices such as soil erosion and nitrogen leaching. However, more work is needed to develop a stable supply with both favorable agronomic characteristics and end use quality.
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My contribution to this article involved the food use section. Over the recent years, our group has performed extensive work on intermediate wheatgrass, a close relative to bread wheat. We are investigating its composition and functional characteristics for a variety of applications, with a particular focus on dough-forming capabilities. This section covers our findings and how they relate to the requirements a novel crop for food use has to fulfill.
Catrin Tyl
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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This page is a summary of: Perennial Grain and Oilseed Crops, Annual Review of Plant Biology, April 2016, Annual Reviews,
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-043015-112311.
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