This work is being conducted in collaboration with Professor Junhua Peng from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the following colleagues:
1- Dr. Parviz Ehsanzadeh, Crop physiologist at Isfahan University of Technology
2- Mr. M.M. Poursiahbidi, Plant breeder at Ilam Agricultural Research Center
3- Dr. F. Habibi, Agronomist at Miandoab Azad University
4. Dr. K. Cheghamirza, Plant breeder at Razi University
5- Dr. A. Roukhzadi, Agronomist at Sannandaj Azad University

Wild reletives of wheat including wild emmer wheat, Aegilops and Bromus species have been collected from west-Iran and are being used.