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Gabo
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Gabo is an Australian wheat cultivar released in the mid-twentieth century and important both as a commercial variety and as a breeding parent. It combined stem-rust resistance and yield traits valuable in Australian environments and in international spring-wheat programmes. As a milling wheat of its era, Gabo supplied bread and general flour markets before later hard classes and semi-dwarfs reshaped Australian production. Its lasting fame is in pedigrees that spread rust resistance and adaptation genes through global breeding.
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History
Australian breeders developed Gabo from crosses emphasising rust resistance and local adaptation.
Gabo was released to Australian growers in the immediate post-war period.
Gabo acreage expanded and the variety entered export and domestic milling channels.
International programmes used Gabo as a parent for rust-resistant spring wheats.
Newer cultivars and market classes reduced pure Gabo acreage while retaining its pedigree influence.
Historical accounts credited Gabo as a landmark Australian variety and global breeding parent.