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Wild progenitors

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  A dense stand of wild einkorn growing in its natural habitat on basalt on the Jebel Druze in southern Syria. This example demonstrates the rich potential of this resource 1985 Wild einkorn growing in an arable habitat between cultivated fields of barley. Wild einkorn also colonises the fields as a weed. This photo was taken near the town of Kobani on basalt soils in nothern Syria near the Turkish border 2007