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Bread Wheat Breeding

Cultivar Name: Yaacobi

Breeders name: Dr. Roi Ben-David and Kamal Nashef

  • Bread wheat cultivar, very early phenology, high-yielding.

  • Superior grain filling capability, maintaining high productivity even under extreme heat and drought conditions.

  • Excellent grain and baking quality; consistently outperformed leading commercial cultivars in national trials over the last four years.

  • Highly adapted to all Negev growing regions, offering a distinct resilient advantage against climate change, specifically increasing frequencies of heatwaves and water stress.

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Cultivar Name: Sivan

Breeders name: Dr. Roi Ben-David and Kamal Nashef

  • Bread wheat cultivar, intermediate phenology, dual-purpose.

  • Superior productivity, excelling in both grain and dry matter (DM) yields.

  • High stature (potential of 105 cm) with high lodging resistance.

  • Robust health profile, showing high resistance to rusts.

  • Stable grain quality, with a Grain Protein Content (GPC) of 12-14% recorded across 2024-25 trials.

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Cultivar Name: Yarden

Breeders name: Dr. Roi Ben-David and Kamal Nashef

  • Bread wheat cultivar, intermediate-late phenology, with high yield of grains and biomass.

  • Potentially high stature (110 cm) with lodging resistance.

  • Excellent forage performance, excelling in intermediate-harsh growing conditions.

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Cultivar Name: Amos

Breeders name: Dr. Roi Ben-David and Kamal Nashef

  • Bread wheat cultivar, very late phenology (10+ days after Eitam), with high dry matter (DM).

  • Intermediate stature (90 cm), featuring lodging resistance and awnless spikes.

  • Waxiness phenotype (glaucousness) present on plant organ surfaces, including the spike, leaf, and stem.

  • Excelling as a forage cultivar under supplementary irrigation.

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Cultivar Name: Ruta

Breeders name: Dr. Uri Kushnir and Kamal Nashef

  • Bread wheat cultivar, intermediate-late phenology, semi-dawrf.

  • Multi purpose usage (grains and animal feed).

  • Supreme baking quality achieved via mutation in storage proteins (Glutenins and Gliadins). Bright grain color, suitable for a whole meal baking products.

  • The first commercial wheat cultivar that was developed by cell engineering (tissue culture) and was introduced successfully to agriculture.

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Cultivar Name: Tishrey

Breeders name: Dr. Uri Kushnir and Kamal Nashef

  • Bread wheat cultivar, early-intermediate phenology, semi-dawrf.

  • Multi purpose (grains and animal feed), lodging resistance.

  • Resistance to Leaf rust and Yellow rust.

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Cultivar Name: Aviv

Breeders name: Dr. Uri Kushnir and Kamal Nashef

  • Bread wheat cultivar with ultra-early phenology, semi-dwarf, high grain yield,

  • Lodging resistance, high gluten index.

  • Hybridization derivative of wild Triticum dicoccoides with bread wheat.

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Cultivar Name: Mispo 37

Breeders name: Dr. Uri Kushnir and Kamal Nashef

  • Bread wheat cultivar with very late phenology, high biomass production and high dry matter yield.

  • Lodging resistance, high tillering, resistance to all rusts and powdery mildew.

  • Hybridization derivative of wild Triticum dicoccoides with bread wheat.

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