Post by GRAINEFIT BSF-4 project

🌍 The impacts of the #GRAINEFIT project (PR-166-Serbia), supported by the #BenefitSharingFund of the International Plant Treaty, continue to be felt even after the project’s official completion. 🌱 We are pleased to see the value of PGRFA being further revealed through new research, highlighting grain traits linked to resistance to Sitophilus oryzae and contributing to more resilient and sustainable food systems. 📑 A new publication in the Journal of Stored Products Research 🌾 “Grain traits contributing to resistance to Sitophilus oryzae: A comparative analysis of 17 wheat genotypes” 👉 https://lnkd.in/di6gpRch 💡 Key findings on the value of PGRFA: • Historical cultivars and landraces showed lower susceptibility to S. oryzae • Flavonoids, protein, and gluten were associated with reduced insect development 🙏 Special thanks to the researchers from IRTA, Barcelona, Spain, the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad / Poljoprivredni fakultet Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, and the Faculty of Agronomy Čačak, University of Kragujevac, who contributed to making these results possible. #GRAINEFIT #BenefitSharingFund #PlantGeneticResources #PGRFA #WheatResearch #LocalWheat #StoredProducts #PlantBreeding #AgriculturalResearch #Biodiversity #FoodSecurity