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Korini wheat Korini Wheat

Triticum aestivum

A variety of wheat

How to sow Korini wheat: Direct seed into furrows. Broadcast or use grain drill. Rake in, roll soil to firm the bed.

Sun requirement for Korini wheat: Plant in Full Sun

A modern purple wheat bred from a very ancient line. It grows about 80 cm tall, which makes it easy to net, crops heavily and threshes fairly easily from its loose hulls. It is used for sprouted wheat cakes or cooked whole as a rice substitute after long soaking. Direct sow in early spring, shading from birds with 60% shade cloth, and cover the heads as the grain ripens.

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Triticum aestivum L.

Family / Taxonomy Liliopsida
Commelinidae
Cyperales
Gramineae
Optimal temperature 15 - 23 °C
Absolute temperature 5 - 27 °C
Killing temperature growth: 0 °C, rest: -20 °C
Optimal rainfall 750 - 900 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 300 - 1600 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 6.0 - 7.0
Absolute soil pH 5.5 - 8.5
Crop cycle 90 - 250 days
Max altitude 4500 m
Life form grass
Life span annual
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility high
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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