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From selection to cultivation with the support of all stakeholders: the first registration in France of two winter bread wheat varieties after value for cultivation and use evaluation in organic farming systems

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Winter bread wheat is the most important cash crop for French organic farmers. The choice of its varieties farmers cultivate is therefore very important. Most of the available varieties were initially bred for intensive “conventional” farming systems (with high inputs of mineral fertilizers and pesticides). Thus, screening current and novel varieties for organic conditions is necessary to identify varieties suitable for organic farming conditions in a short-term experiment. After 18 years of breeding and screening in a combination of both low input and organic crop management systems, the two pure lines Hendrix and Skerzzo were registered in the official French catalogue with the special mention “organic farming.” The acreages of commercial seed production to be sold to organic farmers continuously increased from 120, 139 to 160 ha in 2013, 2014, and 2015, respectively. This successful process was made possible due to the support of the whole agricultural organic economic sector associated with the initiative.

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Abbreviations

ANMF:

French millers organization

BIPEA:

French bread-making quality test (NFV03-716)

BPS:

Superior bread-making wheat

CTPS:

French Permanent Technical Committee for the Selection of Cultivated Plants

GEVES:

Variety and Seed Study and Control Group

GPD:

Grain protein deviation

INRA:

French National Institute for Agricultural Research

IPM:

Integrated pest management

ITAB:

French Technical Institute of Organic Farming

RSE:

Residual standard error

VCU:

Value for cultivation and use

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Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge all farmers, organizations, and people who managed the organic variety trials: Chambres d’agriculture (Maine-et-Loire, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Ile-de-France, and Picardie), Arvalis-Institut du Végétal (Jeu-les-Bois and Ouzouer-le-Marché), GRAB Haute-Normandie, Biocer, INRA (UE Auzeville, Lusignan, Le Moulon, Rennes, and UMR Rennes), and Agri-Obtentions farm in Orsonville.

CPER Etat-Bretagne has supported this program since 2002. Thank you to Gaël Le Trionnaire for English writing advice and to Leigh Gebbie for final English proof reading. We also thank the two anonymous reviewers for their valuable advice.

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  1. INRA, UMR1349 IGEPP, Domaine de la Motte, 35653, Le Rheu, France

    B. Rolland & A. Le Campion

  2. ITAB, Institut Technique de l’Agriculture Biologique, 9 Rue André Brouard, 49105, Angers Cedex 02, France

    L. Fontaine

  3. GEVES, Groupe d’Etudes des Variétés et des Semences SEV, Domaine de l’Anjouère, 49370, La Poueze, France

    A. Mailliard

  4. Agri-Obtentions, Chemin de la Petite Minière, 78280, Guyancourt, France

    O. Gardet

  5. INRA, UE Grandes Cultures Innovation Environnement, 2 Chaussée Brunehaut, 80200, Estrées-Mons, France

    E. Heumez

  6. INRA, UE Fourrages et Environnement, Route de Saintes, 86600, Lusignan, France

    P. Walczak

  7. INRA, UMR 1095 GDEC, 234 Avenue du Brézet, 63100, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    F.-X. Oury

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Rolland, B., Fontaine, L., Mailliard, A. et al. From selection to cultivation with the support of all stakeholders: the first registration in France of two winter bread wheat varieties after value for cultivation and use evaluation in organic farming systems. Org. Agr. 7, 73–81 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13165-015-0140-4

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