Twenty Six Years of Wheat Breeding Activities at IAPAR
Carlos Roberto Riede, Luiz Alberto Cogrossi Campos, Dionísio Brunetta and Milton Alcover
The description of the IAPAR wheat breeding program in its 26th years of existence aims at presenting
its major achievements giving an idea of the program size, breeding objectives and methodology. A germplasm flow chart will show the steps by which the populations have to follow starting either from crosses or from introductions until an advanced inbred line can be evaluated and elected as a new cultivar. A list of 23 wheat cultivars released by the program along with their pedigrees is presented as a special contribution. From the recent developed cultivars, data on grain yield, agronomic characteristics, technological quality and kernel properties are presented. The pedigree description for IAPAR 53 and the development of IPR 85 are presented in some detail. New biotechnological tools to help wheat breeding become more efficient are discussed.