A fertile amphiploid between diploid wheat (Triticum tauschii) and crested wheat grass (Agropyron cristatum).
Genome
; 42(3): 519-24, 1999 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-10382299
ABSTRACT
Alloploidy, one of the most efficient evolutionary mechanisms in nature, has not been extensively exploited in plant breeding programmes. Many genomic combinations remain to be created by plant breeders, to be used directly as new crops or indirectly to widen the genetic basis of crops. The Triticeae tribe, to which wheat belongs, is among the botanical groups in which this strategy has been successfully explored. However, there remain valuable genomic combinations that have not been obtained at the diploid level. The Agropyron complex (wheat-grasses) has recently been the focus of attention for interspecific hybridization, but intergeneric hybrids or amphiploids with wheat have not been reported at the diploid level. Here we report synthesis of a tetraploid amphiploid between Triticum tauschii and Agropyron cristatum by crossing two tetraploid accessions. Using total genome in situ hybridization (GISH) staining on metaphase I pollen mother cells, data on allosyndetic and autosyndetic chromosome pairing have been obtained. These data support the view that the A. cristatum tetraploid parent used in the synthesis of the amphiploid has a segmental alloploidy nature.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Triticum
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Poaceae
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1999
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Article