Taxonomy
Triticum aestivum | Bread Wheat
Distribution
Status
Conservation status
Not protected
Native status
Neophyte
Species Biology
Habitat
Roadsides, wasteground, rubbish dumps and ports
Life cycle
Annual
Ex-situ conservation
Seed accessions in the National Genebank, Backweston (bred/improved germplasm and traditional cultivar/landrace seed). Material in the seed and genebank at Trinity College Botanic Garden Dublin (set up by Genetic Heritage Ireland). Material held by ISSA
Use
Food crop
Vegetative nature
Herbaceous
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024
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Further information
Bread wheat constitutes about 90% of the wheat grown around the world. There is a huge number of wheat breeding programs attempting to develop new cultivars. Bread wheat is pretty frequent in Ireland, occurring typically on roadsides, waste ground, rubbish dumps and ports