Growing hulled wheat and old bread wheat genotypes in non-marginal environments: agronomic, qualitative, and safety insights.

ABSTRACT: Hulled wheats (einkorn, emmer, and spelt) and old genotypes of bread wheat (T. aestivum L. ssp. aestivum) have been attracting attention in plant breeding and in the food industry for food diversification and value addition purposes. This study investigated the agronomic behavior, the grain quality, the contaminants, the bioactive compounds (e.g., alkylresorcinols and phenolic acids), and the antioxidant capacity (FRAP and DPPH) of modern genotypes of hulled wheat (einkorn, emmer, and spelt), as well as old Italian bread wheat genotypes, under standard cropping conditions. These genotypes were compared with modern bread wheat genotypes used as commercial references in four location-by-year experiments in Northwest Italy. The treatments were assigned to experimental units usin

SUBMITTER: Sardella C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12631291 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature