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Number 82: 31-32 (1996)
Research Information

Recombination potencies by gene transfer of Triticum monococcum and T. dicoccum in T. aestivum -- Assessment of thirty years of observation.

G. Schumann

Humboldtstr 17 06618 Naumburg Germany

Keywords: Transfer, Genetic information, T. monococcum, T. dicoccum, T. aestivum


The transfer and manifestation of genetic information from Triticum monococcum L. and T. dicoccum Schrank. var. Farrum Alef. (origins Dornburg) in T. aestivum (Schumann 1986) shall be assessed after thirty years of observations. Hybrids between T. dicoccum and T. monococcum are well stocked, very vigorous, healthy, sterile. Following the pollination of those F1 plants with pollens of seed wheat (T. aestivum) embryos will be generated in low-endosperm caryopses which may be cultivated in soil. In the segregating generations the plants differ considerably with regards to their tiller, stalk length, fungus infestation, fertility, ear shape and color:

Different grades of fertility disturbances in the segregating generations are indication of massive cytological recompositions. An accumulation of chromosomes was found around 28 and 42. Only fertile plants were further processed. They were compiled according to their respective phenotypes (Four groups: A - D) and tested on plots of different sizes (from 10 sqm to 2000 sqm) for a number of years.

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