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Durum Wheat Breeding

Cultivar Name: Uzan

Breeders name: Dr. Uri Kushnir and Kamal Nashef

  • Durum wheat cultivar, mid-early phenology, semi-dwarf.

  • Double haploid line developed from F1 hybrid between and American desert durum cultivar and an Israeli durum - T. dicoccoides derivative.

Uzan

Triticale Breeding

Cultivar Name: Aroch

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

Aroch is a high-performance winter forage variety of Hitafon (Triticale) developed to address the growing demand for high-quality roughage in Israel. As the Israeli forage market shifts toward increased local production of roughage, Aroch offers a specialized solution for ruminant nutrition by maximizing biomass and harvesting flexibility.

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