Ancient wheat DNA: How and what for?

Caroline Pont; Pierre‐Louis Stenger; Carol Moreau; Cécile Huneau; Marie Lelievre; Jérôme Salse

doi:10.1016/j.jgeb.2026.100703

July 9, 2026Journal of Genetic Engineering and BiotechnologyOpen Access

Ancient wheat DNA: How and what for?

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This work aims to highlight how ancient DNA can inform breeding practices for wheat that meet current environmental needs.
Review of existing literature on ancient DNA techniques and findings related to wheat.
Analysis of how past evolution and adaptation can influence modern breeding strategies.
Insights from ancient wheat DNA can help identify traits suitable for adapting to changing environments.
Ancient DNA can provide information on genetic diversity that may enhance modern breeding efforts.

Implication

Review explores ancient DNA insights for developing wheat varieties adapted to modern environmental challenges.

Abstract

In complement to classical approaches currently used in agricultural science in characterizing and exploiting in breeding traits- or phenotype-driving genes and genetic variants from modern genetic diversity, knowledge of past evolution and adaptation processes from ancient plant DNA can be mobilized to develop varieties adapted to current environmental challenges. The article reviews the current scientific and technical insights from the investigation of ancient DNA from plant remains with a focus in wheat.

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Pont et al. (2026) studied this question.

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