The frequency of fertilization in wheat × pearl millet crosses

Genome ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1063-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Laurie
Keyword(s):  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Hexaploid Wheat ◽  
Chinese Spring ◽  
Tetraploid Wheat ◽  
Chromosome Complement ◽  
Chromosome Elimination ◽  
Hybrid Origin ◽  
Hordeum Bulbosum ◽  
Chromosome Counts ◽  
Wheat Genotype

Wheat × pearl millet crosses were studied to determine whether fertilization occurred and whether any resulting hybrids were karyotypically stable. Crosses between the hexaploid wheat genotype 'Chinese Spring' (kr1, kr2) and the pearl millet genotype 'Tift 23BE' gave fertilization in 28.6% of the 220 florets pollinated. Chromosome counts from zygotes at metaphase confirmed the hybrid origin of the embryos. Three had the expected F1 combination of 21 wheat and 7 pearl millet chromosomes and a fourth had 21 wheat and 14 pearl millet chromosomes. The expected F1 chromosome complement was also found in a primary endosperm mitosis. The hybrid embryos were karyotypically unstable and probably lost all the pearl millet chromosomes in the first four cell division cycles. Similar results were obtained using two other wheat genotypes. Crosses between the hexaploid wheat genotype 'Highbury', which differs from 'Chinese Spring' in having alleles for reduced crossability with rye and Hordeum bulbosum at the Kr1 and Kr2 loci, and 'Tift 23BE' gave fertilization in 32% of analyzed florets. This was not significantly different from the frequency found in 'Chinese Spring', indicating that 'Tift 23BE' was insensitive to the action of the Kr genes. Crosses between the tetraploid wheat genotype 'Kubanka' and 'Tift 23BE' gave fertilization in 48% of florets. The potential of pearl millet for wheat haploid production is discussed.Key words: wheat, pearl millet, wide hybridization, chromosome elimination.

The timing of chromosome elimination in hexaploid wheat × maize crosses

Genome ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 953-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Laurie ◽  
M. D. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Cell Division ◽  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Seed Development ◽  
Hexaploid Wheat ◽  
Chinese Spring ◽  
Chromosome Elimination ◽  
Hybrid Origin ◽  
Wheat Genotype ◽  
Maize Genotype ◽  
Early Seed Development

Early seed development in crosses between the hexaploid wheat genotype 'Chinese Spring' and the maize genotype 'Seneca 60' was studied to determine the timing of elimination of the maize chromosomes. Elimination of one or more maize chromosomes occurred in about 70% of zygotic mitoses. Metaphase nuclei from two-celled embryos had 5 to 10 maize chromosomes, most of which were lost during the second cell division. About half the metaphase nuclei from four-celled embryos had no maize chromosomes, and the remainder had one to five. Anaphase or telophase nuclei from four-celled embryos showed no maize chromosomes in about half the cells and one or more pairs of lagging maize daughter chromosomes in the remainder. No maize chromosomes were seen in metaphase preparations from embryos with eight or more cells. These data strongly suggest that all maize chromosomes were lost during the first three cell-division cycles in most embryos. All embryos with four or more cells had micronuclei, showing that embryo development was dependent on fertilization. The only primary endosperm metaphase obtained in the experiment had 42 wheat and 10 maize chromosomes and the presence of micronuclei in most developing endosperms showed that at least 85% were of hybrid origin. Few endosperm nuclei were formed in comparison with self-pollinated 'Chinese Spring' caryopses, and many were abnormal. The implications of the results for wheat haploid production and gene transfer from maize to wheat are discussed.Key words: wheat, maize, wide hibridization, chromosome elimination.

scholarly journals Histone acetyltransferase TaHAG1 acts as a crucial regulator to strengthen salt tolerance of hexaploid wheat

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Zheng ◽  
Jingchen Lin ◽  
Xingbei Liu ◽  
Wei Chu ◽  
Jinpeng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Tolerance ◽  
Bread Wheat ◽  
Hexaploid Wheat ◽  
Histone Acetyltransferase ◽  
Tetraploid Wheat ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Ros Production ◽  
Signal Specificity ◽  
H3 Acetylation

Abstract Polyploidy occurs prevalently and plays an important role during plant speciation and evolution. This phenomenon suggests polyploidy could develop novel features that enable them to adapt wider range of environmental conditions compared with diploid progenitors. Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L., BBAADD) is a typical allohexaploid species and generally exhibits greater salt tolerance than its tetraploid wheat progenitor (BBAA). However, little is known about the underlying molecular basis and the regulatory pathway of this trait. Here, we show that the histone acetyltransferase TaHAG1 acts as a crucial regulator to strengthen salt tolerance of hexaploid wheat. Salinity-induced TaHAG1 expression was associated with tolerance variation in polyploidy wheat. Overexpression, silencing and CRISPR-mediated knockout of TaHAG1 validated the role of TaHAG1 in salinity tolerance of wheat. TaHAG1 contributed to salt tolerance by modulating ROS production and signal specificity. Moreover, TaHAG1 directly targeted a subset of genes that are responsible for hydrogen peroxide production, and enrichment of TaHAG1 triggered increased H3 acetylation and transcriptional upregulation of these loci under salt stress. In addition, we found the salinity-induced TaHAG1-mediated ROS production pathway is involved in salt tolerance difference of wheat accessions with varying ploidy. Our findings provide insight into the molecular mechanism of how an epigenetic regulatory factor facilitates adaptability of polyploidy wheat and highlights this epigenetic modulator as a strategy for salt tolerance breeding in bread wheat.

scholarly journals Exploiting the reference genome sequence of hexaploid wheat: a proteomic study of flour proteins from the cultivar Chinese Spring

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan B. Altenbach ◽  
Han-Chang Chang ◽  
Annamaria Simon-Buss ◽  
Toni Mohr ◽  
Naxin Huo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Hexaploid Wheat ◽  
Chinese Spring ◽  
Reference Genome ◽  
Reference Genome Sequence ◽  
Proteomic Study

scholarly journals Genetically Divergent Types of the Wheat Leaf Fungus Puccinia triticina in Ethiopia, a Center of Tetraploid Wheat Diversity

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Kolmer ◽  
M. A. Acevedo
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Rust ◽  
Common Wheat ◽  
Hexaploid Wheat ◽  
Rust Fungus ◽  
Tetraploid Wheat ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Puccinia Triticina ◽  
Leaf Rust Resistance ◽  
Virulence Phenotype ◽  
Wheat Leaf

Collections of Puccinia triticina, the wheat leaf rust fungus, were obtained from tetraploid and hexaploid wheat in the central highlands of Ethiopia, and a smaller number from Kenya, from 2011 to 2013, in order to determine the genetic diversity of this wheat pathogen in a center of host diversity. Single-uredinial isolates were derived and tested for virulence phenotype to 20 lines of Thatcher wheat that differ for single leaf rust resistance genes and for molecular genotypes with 10 simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers. Nine virulence phenotypes were described among the 193 isolates tested for virulence. Phenotype BBBQJ, found only in Ethiopia, was predominantly collected from tetraploid wheat. Phenotype EEEEE, also found only in Ethiopia, was exclusively collected from tetraploid wheat and was avirulent to the susceptible hexaploid wheat ‘Thatcher’. Phenotypes MBDSS and MCDSS, found in both Ethiopia and Kenya, were predominantly collected from common wheat. Phenotypes CCMSS, CCPSS, and CBMSS were found in Ethiopia from common wheat at low frequency. Phenotypes TCBSS and TCBSQ were found on durum wheat and common wheat in Kenya. Four groups of distinct SSR genotypes were described among the 48 isolates genotyped. Isolates with phenotypes BBBQJ and EEEEE were in two distinct SSR groups, and isolates with phenotypes MBDSS and MCDSS were in a third group. Isolates with CCMSS, CCPSS, CBMSS, TCBSS, and TCBSQ phenotypes were in a fourth SSR genotype group. The diverse host environment of Ethiopia has selected and maintained a genetically divergent population of P. triticina.

NONSTRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME DIFFERENTIATION AMONG WHEAT CULTIVARS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DIFFERENTIATION OF CHROMOSOMES IN RELATED SPECIES

Genetics ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-414
Author(s):  
Jan Dvořák ◽  
Patrick E McGuire
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Spring ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Wheat Cultivar ◽  
Chromosome Complement ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Substitution Lines ◽  
Structural Differentiation ◽  
Chromosome Differentiation ◽  
Mother Cells ◽  
Homoeologous Chromosomes

ABSTRACT Wheat cultivar Chinese Spring (Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell.) was crossed with cultivars Hope, Cheyenne and Timstein. In all three hybrids, the frequencies of pollen mother cells (PMCs) with univalents at metaphase I (MI) were higher than those in the parental cultivars. No multivalents were observed in the hybrids, indicating that the cultivars do not differ by translocations. Thirty-one Chinese Spring telosomic lines were then crossed with substitution lines in which single chromosomes of the three cultivars were substituted for their Chinese Spring homologues. The telosomic lines were also crossed with Chinese Spring. Data were collected on the frequencies (% of PMCs) of pairing of the telesomes with their homologues at MI and the regularity of pairing of the remaining 20 pairs of Chinese Spring chromosomes in the monotelodisomics obtained from these crosses. The reduced MI pairing in the intercultivar hybrids was caused primarily by chromosome differentiation, rather than by specific genes. Because the differentiation involved a large part of the chromosome complement in each hybrid, it was concluded that it could not be caused by structural changes such as inversions or translocations. In each case, the differentiation appeared to be unevenly distributed among the three wheat genomes. It is proposed that the same kind of differentiation, although of greater magnitude, differentiates homoeologous chromosomes and is responsible, together with structural differentiation, for poor chromosome pairing in interspecific hybrids.

VARIATION IN THE TRANSMISSION OF UNIVALENT CHROMOSOMES FROM PENTAPLOID WHEAT HYBRIDS

1968 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 908-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. H. Alston ◽  
J. K. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Spring ◽  
Chromosome Complement ◽  
Aegilops Squarrosa ◽  
Wheat Hybrids

Univalent transmission was studied in aneuploids from pentaploid (AABBD) wheat hybrids. Two groups of such hybrids were used: one group carried heterozygous AABB chromosome complements derived from crosses between T. aestivum cv. Chinese Spring monosomics XV-XXI and T. durum, cvs. Nursi and Samara, 2n = 28; the second group had homozygous AABB complements and came from crosses between the amphiploid (T. durum cv. Carleton × Aegilops squarrosa) and T. durum cv. Carleton. The transmission of univalent D chromosomes was markedly reduced when most of the AABB chromosome complement was derived from T. durum.

scholarly journals Dwarfing gene Rht18 from tetraploid wheat responds to exogenous GA3 in hexaploid wheat

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z.Y. Yang ◽  
C.Y. Liu ◽  
Y.Y. Du ◽  
L. Chen ◽  
Y.F. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hexaploid Wheat ◽  
Tetraploid Wheat ◽  
Dwarfing Gene

EFFECT OF RYE ON HOMOEOLOGOUS CHROMOSOME PAIRING IN WHEAT × RYE HYBRIDS

1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dvořák
Keyword(s):  
Triticum Aestivum ◽  
Chromosome Pairing ◽  
Chinese Spring ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Homoeologous Chromosome ◽  
Wheat Genotype ◽  
Hybrid Plants ◽  
Homoeologous Chromosome Pairing ◽  
Secale Cereale L ◽  
Polygenic System

The number of chiasmata per cell at metaphase I was scored in eight haploid plants of Triticum aestivum L. emend. Thell. cv. 'Chinese Spring' and 100 hybrid plants of Chinese Spring × Secale cereale L. Mean chiasma frequency per cell ranged from 0.00 to 3.59 in the hybrids and from 0.17 to 0.35 in the haploids. Since the same wheat genotype was present in both the haploids and hybrids, it is concluded that some of the rye genotypes promoted homoeologous chromosome pairing. The absence of distinct segregation classes among the hybrids suggests that these genes constitute a polygenic system.

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