At the end of the project in 1982, Turkey had doubled its wheat production. A detailed description of these MEs is given in Appendix 1. Wheat production in CAR countries is given in Table 1. Spring x Winter Crosses are made in Toluca, Mexico. Several once widely cultivated varieties selected from landraces are of facultative type.
Crossing is done in Izmir, Syria, and Mexico.
Based on their performance at these locations, F2 populations are bulked at Cumra. The F3 populations are space planted at Eskisehir. Plots are irrigated and inoculated with yellow rust. Individual heads are selected for head row planting in Cumra. In addition, promising F3 populations selected in Oregon for earliness and disease resistance are sent to Turkey.