Process of wheat domestication as ancient main cereals

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project Area: Ancient West Asian Civilization as the foundation of all modern civilizations: A counter to the 'Clash of Civilizations' theory.
• Project/Area Number: 24101003
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Humanities and Social Sciences
• Research Institution: Yamaguchi University
• Principal Investigator: TANNO Ken-ichi 山口大学, 大学院創成科学研究科, 助教 (10419864)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 山根 京子 岐阜大学, 応用生物科学部, 准教授 (00405359) ; 矢野 健太郎 明治大学, 農学部, 専任教授 (00446543) ; 河原 太八 京都大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (20115827)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-06-28 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 皮性コムギ / 考古植物学 / 農耕起源 / デュラムコムギ / 考古学 / 西アジア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To elucidate the origins of agriculture, data collection on hulled wheat was done based on archaeobotany, molecular genetics and field cultivation studies. Identification of archaeobotanical remains from 8 sites in West Asia and neighboring regions was done. Molecular genetics for seed traits was done in AAGG genome hulled wheats. Field traits such as yield components and chemical analysis were done in approximately 500 diploid and tetraploid hulled wheat accessions. These data sets of hulled wheats were taken for the purpose of further interpretation of archaeological wheat remains. Using hulled tetraploid genetic resources (emmer wheat), novel early maturing durum breeding lines were produced.were produced.

Free Research Field

考古植物学