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. 2019 Jul 29;6:137. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0146-y

Table 1.

Absolute quantities and relative proportion of the origins of 6,547 spring and 6,207 winter wheat accessions as reported by donors and collectors.

Spring wheat Winter wheat
Origin Accessions Percentage Origin Accessions Percentage
India 774 11.82 Germany 683 11.00
Austria 740 11.30 Italy 671 10.81
Iran 739 11.29 Soviet Union 430 6.93
China 437 6.67 Iran 391 6.30
Libya 419 6.40 Czechoslovakia 340 5.48
Ethiopia 241 3.68 USA 332 5.35
Italy 221 3.38 Poland 310 4.99
Germany 211 3.22 France 271 4.37
Portugal 202 3.09 China 243 3.91
Soviet Union 190 2.90 Austria 218 3.51
Greece 189 2.89 Bulgaria 161 2.59
Afghanistan 173 2.64 Romania 159 2.56
USA 162 2.47 Greece 150 2.42
Mexico 140 2.14 Nepal 140 2.26
Nepal 104 1.59 Sweden 136 2.19
France 92 1.41 Pakistan 113 1.82
Turkey 89 1.36 Hungary 103 1.66
Spain 81 1.24 Yugoslavia 89 1.43
Kenya 77 1.18 India 80 1.29
Argentina 72 1.10 Afghanistan 75 1.21
Czechoslovakia 71 1.08 United Kingdom 70 1.13
Australia 67 1.02 Albania 66 1.06
Pakistan 65 0.99 Japan 65 1.05
Iraq 59 0.90 Netherlands 58 0.93
Japan 59 0.90 North Korea 47 0.76
Others (44) 587 8.97 Others (27) 200 3.22
Unknown 286 4.37 Unknown 606 9.76
Total 6547 100 Total 6207 100

Origins with minor proportions were grouped under Others with a total of 44 different origins for spring wheat and 27 for winter wheat.