Germplasm research for sustainable wheat production has undergone a significant development in recent years. Considerable progress has been witnessed in breeding, especially with the selection of winter wheat genotypes with better adaptability to different technological systems in multifunctional agricultural production. | Turk J Agric For 29 (2005) 151-156 © TÜB‹TAK Breeding of Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for Different Adaptation Types in Multifunctional Agricultural Production Z. BEDO˝*, L. LA´NG, O. VEISZ, Gy. VIDA Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvasar - HUNGARY Received: Abstract: Germplasm research for sustainable wheat production has undergone a significant development in recent years. Considerable progress has been witnessed in breeding, especially with the selection of winter wheat genotypes with better adaptability to different technological systems in multifunctional agricultural production. The selection of wheat genotypes with abiotic and biotic resistance, stable performance under different fertilizer applications and for various technological systems, will contribute to the development of germplasm with special adaptation type and to that of environment-friendly technologies. Key Words: wheat, adaptability, breeding, technological systems Introduction With the introduction of the sustainability concept considerable changes have taken place in agriculture. In the previous period of Hungarian wheat production the main point considered was yield increase, to supply the population with enough food. Besides this important task, new priorities have been raised nowadays due to increasing concern for environmental protection and healthy food production. These new priorities, which have led to the agricultural sector developing a more multifunctional character, are based on new social demands in relation to food production, where the essential criteria are to provide nutritious foodstuffs free of dangerous substances and to use environment-friendly technologies which ensure sustainability. Great emphasis is placed on maintaining the ecological equilibrium in the agroecological environment. This purpose is served by the division of agroecological areas into three groups: 1. areas suitable for agricultural .
