alexander@tromsoblat.no

The Einkorn, Triticum Monococcum, from which this sequence originates, has been grown under the constant light of the midnight sun, from germination on and past flowering. The strain is the product of 10 years, (2014-2024) of organic growth in the arctic sub polar area of Troms, Northern Norway.

This wheat is probably the northernmost wheat ever grown, and for a fact the northernmost grown wheat ever sequenced.

The test area where this strain has been grown has for several years, every week during growing season, had satellite data plotted to computerized topology models of the field. The positioning of the fields, which all have been smaller than 250 square meters, have been so that they are in alignment with shorelines and lines in the landscape, making the nominal satellite data more easily appliable, and the phenotype less likely to alter, due to immediate environmental factors.

The purpose of sequencing this model organism has been, all along to secure and document the genetic, kinetic and the logic algorithms of it, as host and as A gene contributor to the tetraploid bread wheats. It is also likely that this data can he used in the construction of a framework for understanding and simulating genetic and biological processes.

Landraces share this very slowly developed genetic origin naturally and special characteristics of endemic species are variants of code embedded in the Monococcum. Introduction and reintroduction of this valuable material into the genetic libraries of modern and more strongly developed strains can make for a healthier plant and a better product, probably without any loss of the key qualities of the strains harvested today.