TY - JOUR AU - Santra, Meenakshi AU - Matthews, Shawna B. AU - Thompson, Henry J. PY - 2013 DA - 2013/02/15 TI - Development of a core collection of Triticum and Aegilops species for improvement of wheat for activity against chronic diseases JO - Agriculture & Food Security SP - 4 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - The objective of this study was to develop a core collection of Triticum and Aegilops species as a resource for the identification and characterization of wheat lines with preventive activity against chronic diseases. Given that cancer is the leading cause of mortality in the world and shares risk factors with obesity, type-2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, and given that wheat has been reported to protect against these diseases, the core collection was developed based on cancer prevalence. SN - 2048-7010 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2048-7010-2-4 DO - 10.1186/2048-7010-2-4 ID - Santra2013 ER -