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Genealogy of wheat
Classification of the Genus Triticum

The oldest traces of agriculture (8.000 B.C.) are found in the fertile crescent: wild einkorn (diploid) and wild emmer (tetraploid). Wild emmer resulted from a pollen exchange between einkorn and closely allied grasses. Durum wheat and Khorasan wheat (Kamut brand grain) both stem from the same ancestor: emmer.
Common wheat (soft or bread wheat) and spelt, both hexaploid, result from a further pollen exchange between emmer and a wild grain. Spelt can not be called a primitive wheat, as it does not have an equivalent in the wild and came to be through cultivation. It is a contemporary of common wheat.

Most scientists believe the Kamut® grain was not taken from a tomb but probably survived the years as an obscure grain kept alive by the diversity of crops common to small peasant farmers in Egypt. For the last 50 years, the government has encouraged these farmers to plant only high yield modern grains. Because of this policy, the ancient grains have nearly dissappeared.

4.2.2. Longitudinal section of a grain of Kamut brand wheat:

4.2.3.Bio diversity:
Selection criteria for modern wheat varieties are:
1) high yield (based on a system of high inputs, i.e. artificial fertilizers),
2) disease resistance and
3) technological qualities, e.g. bread-making qualities, while there is little emphasis on taste and nutrition.
Ancient populations of local varieties have been considerably reduced as a result of the “green revolution” and the diffusion of the new varieties of wheat. The technological quality is closely linked to that of the proteins in the grain.

Modern diets are based on a suprisingly narrow range of basic ingredients. It is in the interest of both man and nature to prevent the loss of often locally grown, small plant (or grain) varieties. Mono-diets can result in food allergies, whereas mono-culture sacrifices taste, diversity and sustainability for high yields.

4.2.4.Registration of the variety:
“QK-77”-grain, the ancient grain used in KAMUT Brand Products, is a protected variety registered with the Plant Variety Protection Office (Office for the legal protection of a plant variety) of the USDA under Plant Variety Protection Certificate 8900108.