Tim Peters Perennial Wheat Grex

x Agrotriticum spp. Origin: Oregon Improvement status: Breeding population Seeds per packet: ~40 Germination tested 12/2023: 98% Life cycle: Perennial EFN INTRODUCTION. Ten years after planting the first perennial wheat seeds we could get our hands on, we are delighted to finally be offering EFN-grown perennial wheat seeds in our catalogue for the first time in 2023! Perennial wheat has been the holy grail for agronomists for over a century — and it was stories about the failure to develop and commercialize perennial wheat that convinced co-founder Nate Kleinman that a project like the Experimental Farm Network was worth undertaking.  Before we go any further, we should be clear about one thing: this is not improved perennial wheatgrass — dubbed "kernza" by The Land Institute (and "triga" by Rodale Institute before them) — but rather true perennial wheat, developed from hybrids between wheat (Triticum spp.) and wheatgrass (Thinopyrum spp.), backcrossed with wheat.Perennial crop plants