Periodic Reporting for period 1 - LANDRACES (Exploiting the legacy of Central European wheat landraces for improving the ecological adaptation ability of wheat)

The current wheat production is 752 million tonnes with a requirement to reach 858 million tonnes in 2050, due to the predicted growth of the world population from 7.6 billion to 9.6 billion. Today wheat production is facing such challenges as climate change and the narrow...