Inheritance of internode and culm length in hexaploid Triticale

Summary A diallel cross of twelve cultivars of hexaploid Triticale was made in order to study genie action types for total culm length and for the length of its different segments. Culm length, and four partial lengths of the culm were studied in the F₁ and F₂ generations. The analysis was made according to the Griffing, Hayman and Jinks models. Heterosis in culm length is mainly due to its upper half. Spanish cultivars have, in general, positive GCA and transmit greater height in crosses, whereas the Mexican ones show a negative GCA effect and have a tendency to decrease in height when crossed. Additivity greatly influences the inheritance of culm length, this influence being lower at the first plant internodes. The environmental component has also a large influence in the phenotypic expression of Triticale height. Dominance is only partial for the five traits studied. The predominant kind of interaction seems to be of the duplicate type. All correlations between culm length and its components are high and positive, especially the genetic ones.     

Molecular Cytogenetic Identification of Triticum aestivum-Secale cereale Substitution and Addition Lines

Two substitution lines, designated as 930498 and 930483, and one addition line, designated as 930029, via Fo immature embryo culture of Triticum aestivum x octoploid triticale ( x Triti-cosecale Wittmack) were identified. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using total genomic DNA of rye ( Secale cereale L. ) as probe corroborated the existence of rye chromosomes, further confirmed through chromosome paring at meiotic metaphase 1, C-banding and glutenin SDS- PAGE. The results demonstrated that the two substitution lines are ID/IR, and the addition line is also IR addition. Rye chromosomes that are distinct to the red-colored wheat chromosomes appear yellow-green at mitotic metaphase after FISH.     

Synaptic behaviour of the tetraploid wheat Triticum timopheevii

Triticum timopheevii (2n=4x=A^tA^tGG) is an allotetraploid wheat which shows a diploid-like behaviour at metaphase-I. The synaptic process was analyzed in fully traced spread nuclei at mid-zygotene, late-zygotene and pachytene. The length and type of synaptonemal complexes, as well as the number of bivalent and multivalent associations, were determined in each nucleus. A high number of bivalents per nucleus was detected at all three stages. Nuclei at pachytene showed a lower frequency of multivalents than did zygotene nuclei, which suggests the existence of a pairing correction mechanism. At metaphase-I only homologous bivalents and, rarely, one pair of univalents were observed. Similarities between the diploidization mechanism of T. timopheevii and that of allohexaploid wheat, controlled by chromosome 5B, are discussed.     

Phenotypic and genetic analysis of the Triticum monococcum-Mycosphaerella graminicola interaction

Here, the aim was to understand the cellular and genetic basis of the Triticum monococcum-Mycosphaerella graminicola interaction. Testing for 5 yr under UK field conditions revealed that all 24 T. monococcum accessions exposed to a high level of natural inocula were fully resistant to M. graminicola. When the accessions were individually inoculated in the glasshouse using an attached leaf seeding assay and nine previously characterized M. graminicola isolates, fungal sporulation was observed in only three of the 216 interactions examined. Microscopic analyses revealed that M. graminicola infection was arrested at four different stages post-stomatal entry. When the inoculated leaves were detached 30 d post inoculation and incubated at 100% humidity, abundant asexual sporulation occurred within 5 d in a further 61 interactions. An F(2) mapping population generated from a cross between T. monococcum accession MDR002 (susceptible) and MDR043 (resistant) was inoculated with the M. graminicola isolate IPO323. Both resistance and in planta fungal growth were found to be controlled by a single genetic locus designated as TmStb1 which was linked to the microsatellite locus Xbarc174 on chromosome 7A(m). Exploitation of T. monococcum may provide new sources of resistance to septoria tritici blotch disease.     

Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Content and Activity in Wheat, Rye and Triticale

Photosynthetic parameters were measured in triticale and its parents wheat and rye. Soluble protein content in leaves, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) content per fresh mass, total chlorophyll content, biomass yield, leaf area, leaf mass and specific leaf mass were higher but Rubisco content expressed as percentage of soluble protein, carboxylase activity, photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance were significantly lower in rye than in wheat. Native-PAGE of Rubisco revealed that rye carboxylase was different from that of wheat. The difference was not related to either the small or large subunit of Rubisco but, may be, to the ionic and/or other properties of the Rubisco protein moiety. Triticale Rubisco was similar to wheat. For most of the studied physiological parameters, triticale showed much more similarity with wheat than with rye.     

Fusarium Head Blight Reactions and Accumulation of Deoxynivalenol (DON) and Some of its Derivatives in Kernels of Wheat, Triticale and Rye

Fifty-three commercially grown cultivars and germplasm lines of winter triticale (n = 18), wheat (n = 13), and rye (n = 5) and spring triticale (n = 8), wheat (n = 7) and rye (n = 2) were inoculated at mid anthesis with a spore suspension consisting of a mixture of Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium avenaceum and Fusarium graminearum isolates of known toxinogenic activity. Reactions to Fusarium head blight were measured as disease severity, reductions of kernel number/head, kernel weight/head and 1000 kernel weight, number of Fusarium-damaged kernels and kernel content of deoxynivalenol (DON) and its acetyl-derivatives 3-AcDON, 15-AcDON, and moniliformin. None of the cereal genotypes was completely resistant to Fusarium head blight. Wheat suffered from the largest kernel weight reductions, and accumulated the largest amounts of deoxynivalenol (up to 39.5 mg/kg) and 3AcDON (up to 6.0 mg/kg) in kernels. Deoxynivalenol was not detected in grain samples of winter rye cv. Dańkowskie Z?ote, and spring rye cv. Ludowe. 15-AcDON was only detected in genotypes of triticale, and 3AcDON only in a few genotypes of winter wheat and rye. Moniliformin was detected at low concentrations (up to 0.092 mg/kg) in kernels of some genotypes selected for the mycotoxin analysis. A moderately strong Pearson correlation was found between head blight severity parameters and the accumulation of deoxynivalenol and its derivatives in grain of the cereal genotypes studied. Fusarium head blight severity parameters were correlated with the percentage of Fusarium-damaged kernels and reductions of yield components. However, some head blight-susceptible genotypes realized their potential yields, but accumulated high levels of mycotoxins in kernels. Both Fusarium head blight resistant and susceptible genotypes of the three cereal species accumulated deoxynivalenol in kernels. This finding suggests that the system regulating deoxynivalenol accumulation may be independent of Fusarium head blight reaction.     

Aluminium Effects on Microtubule Organization in Dividing Root-Tip Cells of Triticum turgidum. II. Cytokinetic Cells

Triticum turgidum were examined, using tubulin immunolabeling and electron microscopy. In cells, which at the beginning of the treatment were at a transitional stage between anaphase and telophase, the transformation of the interzonal microtubule (Mt) system into a phagmoplast was delayed. In cells treated at a telophase/ cytokinetic stage, the lateral phragmoplast expansion towards the cell periphery was delayed or inhibited. Besides, in cells entering telophase through an abnormal mitosis, Al inhibited phragmoplast formation and induced the organization of atypical tubulin bundles. The latter formed a network around the reassembling polyploid nucleus. The Al-effects resulted in the disturbance of cytokinesis and the formation of binuclear or polyploid cells, which lacked typical Mts. Instead of them, the post-telophase cells displayed atypical tubulin aggregations. In addition, Al affects cell plate development. Dividing cells, encompassing early interphase daughter nuclei, contained incomplete, atypical cell plates. The latter were quite thick, wavy and perforated, showing large “islands”, which contained electron transparent material. In some cells, the atypical cell plates gave rise to incomplete daughter walls, but in some others they were dismantled. The aberrant cell plates as well as the young daughter cell walls fluoresced intensely after aniline blue staining, an observation suggesting that they contain significant quantities of callose. The above findings combined with those derived from the study of the Al-effects on the mitotic spindle show that Mt cytoskeleton is a target site of Al toxicity in dividing cells. Received 24 October 2000/ Accepted in revised form 19 January 2001     

Distribution and characterization of Aegilops and Triticum species from the Bulgarian Black Sea coast

A total of 158 Aegilops-Triticum samples representing six Aegilops species (one diploid, four tetraploid and one hexaploid) and one diploid Triticum were collected along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, and their distribution on the 350 km long coastal line was reported. The region south of Kamchia river, accepted as the middle point of the coast, was characterized by the greatest diversity of these wild relatives of wheat. The most widely distributed species in this area was Ae. geniculata. Ae. cylindrica was distributed only in north (Durankulak), while Ae. biuncialis and Ae. triuncialis were collected both north and south of Kamchia river. All samples of Ae. neglecta were hexaploid. Natural hybrids of goatgrass and wheat were found in Ae. cylindrica populations. Triticum monococcum ssp. aegilopoides had limited distribution in the south region. Aegilops uniaristata was recorded as a new species for the Bulgarian flora. Most of the samples expressed resistance to powdery mildew in seedling and adult stage, but all of them were polymorphic regarding the resistance to leaf rust (cultures 73760 and 43763). The study revealed additional data for the distribution of Aegilops and Triticum species in Bulgaria and their potential value as genetic resources in wheat improvement.     

Development and reproductive potential of the cereal aphid Sitobion avenae on resistant wheat lines (Triticum monococcum)

The effect of wheat resistance in lines of Triticum monococcum L., on the reproductive performances of the cereal aphid (Sitobion avenae F.) was investigated. Aphids were reared from birth to adult moult either on resistant or susceptible wheat lines, and transferred as apterae to both host genotypes. The influence of these transfers on the subsequent adult weight, gonad status and reproductive performances was evaluated. Aphids transferred from resistant to susceptible plants proved able to compensate for their poor nymphal growth, mainly through additional embryo growth and an increase in the number of matured embryos within the first 10 days of their adult life. Most aphids transferred from susceptible to resistant plants died within the first week following the transfer. Their most advanced embryos matured and were born, but subsequent embryo growth was quickly reduced. The reproductive strategies adopted by S. avenae when facing plant resistance, and the hypothesis of a resistant mechanism based on a poor nutritional state of the resistant plants are discussed.     

Hybridization of Aegilops caudata with Triticum durum,Triticum aestivum and the Detection of Alien Chromatins

Aegilops caudata L. carries resistance genes against wheat diseases as well as genes of high crude protein and lysine contents, which can be useful for wheat improvement. An amphiploid of Triticum durum - Ac. caudata was synthesized and the hybridization of T. aestivum with the amphiploid Am 8 was carried out. Chromosome in situ hybridization was carried out for the PMC (pollen mother cell) of the synthesized amphiploid (AABBCC) and ( T. aestivum Beijing 837 × Am 8) F2 by using the pAeca 212 as a probe. The results showed that the 7 bivalents from C genome had hybridization signals in the amphiploid. The detection for F2(Beijing 837× Am 8) indicated that translocation, even (pure) home translocation, occurred in F2 generations spontaneously. The study showed the bright prospect in transferring alien resistance genes from C genome to wheat.     

Aluminum-induced alterations in lipid composition of microsomal membranes from an aluminum-resistant and an aluminum-sensitive cultivar of Triticum aestivum

We have studied the effect of aluminum (Al) on the lipid composition of microsomal membranes isolated from 5-mm root tips of an Al-resistant (T 741) and an Al-sensitive (Katepwa) cultivar of Triticum aestivum L. Exposure of both genotypes to 10 and 50 μ M AeCl₃ for 1 day had no effect on lipid composition; however, decreases in phospholipids and increases in monogalactosyl diacylglycerols, free sterols, free fatty acids and triacylglycerols were observed with prolonged exposure (3 days) to 5O μ M AlCe₃. Several genotype-specific changes were also observed under these conditions. The content of digalactosyl diacylglycerols increased by 66.7% in Katepwa. but decreased slightly in PT 741. Thus, the ratio of rnonogalactosyl diacylglycerols to digalactosyl diacylglycerols increased by 46.2% in PT 741, but decreased by 21.3% in Katepwa. Genotype-specific differences were also observed in steryl lipids. Treatment with Al induced a 70.2% increase in sterylglucosides and a 23.3% increase in acylated sterylglucosides in Katepwa. In contrast, a 18.9% decrease in acylated sterylglucosides and no changes in sterylglucosides were observed in PT 741. Our limited understanding of the effect of membrane composition on membrane structure and function makes it difficult to predict how these changes relate to Al toxicity and resistance. While it is possible that many changes reflect the toxic effects of Al, we believe that changes observed only in the Al-resistant genotype could contribute to continuous growth in the face of Al stress.     

栽培一粒小麦3AA30中抗白粉病基因的鉴定及分子标记定位

栽培一粒小麦是普通小麦的近缘种,遗传多样性丰富,蕴含丰富的抗病基因,是小麦抗病性改良的重要资源。本文对栽培一粒小麦抗白粉病材料3AA30的抗白粉病基因进行了遗传分析和分子标记定位。结果表明,3AA30中含有一个隐性抗白粉病基因,暂命名为ml3AA30,找到了5个与该基因连锁的SSR分子标记Xgwm6、Xcfd39、Xcfa2185、Xcfa2141、Xcfa2155及2个STS标记Xmag2170、Xmag1491,并构建了ml3AA30的遗传连锁图,将该基因定位在小麦5A染色体长臂上。本研究为小麦抗病育种提供了新的抗源材料。     

不同小麦背景小簇麦双二倍体的品质、抗病性及分子细胞遗传学研究

对不同小麦（Triticum aestivum 2n=42 AABBDD）背景的4个小簇麦双二倍体进行了分子细胞遗传学分析。结果表明,经过自交7代选育,小簇麦双二倍体的遗传逐渐趋于稳定。其中V852cd和V853cd的遗传稳定性相对较好,RTC M,2m=56的植株分别占100％和83.33%,PMC MI,2n=28Ⅱ的频率分别为73.34%和70.72%,相对紊乱系数分别为0.021和0.022;用簇毛麦（Haynaldia villosa 2n=14 VV)DNA作探针进行原位杂交时,V851cd、V852cd和V853cd的体细胞中都有14条簇毛麦染色体,其染色体组成为2n=56=42W 14V,V854cd中有12条簇毛麦染色体,其染色体组成为2n=56=42W 12V 2T(W/V)。4个双二倍体籽粒蛋白质含量为19.28％－20.52%;V851cd,V852cd和V853cd对条锈病免疫或近免疫,高抗白娄病和叶锈病,中抗雪霉病和赤霉病。     

Observation on the Characteristic Features of Cell Wall Formation in Free-Nuclear Endosperm During the Early Stages of Cellularization in Triticum aestivum

Triticum aestivum cv. “Yang Mai # 1” was used to study the celI wall formation in free-nuclear endosperm with electronmicroscopy and fluorescence microscopy. During the initiation of cellularization the peg-like wall ingrowths developed, and the freely growing walls gradually cleaved the cytoplasm into small compartments in both regions (ventral and dorsal) of the 'endosperm sac, but in ventral region the anastomose of freely growing wall often occured. The striking resemblance and close connection betwteen nucellar debris and freely growing walls showed the possibility that the disintegrated nucellus played an important role in supporting the wall formation of endosperm during the early stages of cellularization.     

The effect of temperature and ageing on root apical meristems during seedling growth of Triticum aestivum L.: a specific effect on nucleoli

Abstract. Growth and cytology of root apical meristems of Chinese Spring wheat were studied in relation to temperature. The maximum rate of growth increased with temperature, a marked rise occurring between 10°C and 12°C. At all temperatures studied nucleolar volume increased to a maximum and then declined. The maximum nucleolar size achieved showed particular temperature sensitivity, higher volumes being attained at lower temperatures. The peak at 5°C was 70% higher than at 20°C. However, in comparison, cell and nuclear volumes were only 38% and 47% larger, respectively. Ultrastructural analysis of the nucleoli revealed a temperature-dependent relationship between the proportion of granular component and dense fibrillar component. The results are discussed in relation to the regulation of ribosome synthesis and function during growth and development at different temperatures.     

Salivation into sieve elements in relation to plant chemistry: the case of the aphid Sitobion fragariae and the wheat, Triticum aestivum

Extended sieve element salivation (E1 waveform in the electrical penetration graph) is a characteristic activity during early sieve element punctures, particularly in resistant plants. In order to explore a chemically-mediated mechanism of resistance associated with sieve element salivation, we compared the pattern of feeding behaviour of the aphid, Sitobion fragariae (Walker), on two cultivars of the wheat Triticum aestivum L., with different concentrations of hydroxamic acids (Hx). During 24 h of electronic monitoring, aphids dedicated over 50% of the total time to phloem ingestion from the sieve elements. Total time allocated to E1 in the experiment, time to first E1 within the experiment, time allocated to E1 before a sustained phloem ingestion (E2) and the contribution of sieve element salivation to the phloem phase (E1/[E1+E2]) were significantly higher in the high-Hx cultivar. The increased salivation in plants with higher contents of Hx suggests the existence, at least in this system, of a chemically-mediated sieve element constraint.     

八倍体小偃麦与不同需水性小麦气孔特性比较研究

在温室大棚中对八倍体小偃麦(TAI 7045、中1)和不同需水性普通小麦(晋麦66、晋麦67、晋麦70和晋太170)开花期的气孔特性进行了比较研究.结果表明:正常生长条件下,八倍体小偃麦的气孔频率显著低于高水肥小麦晋麦66(P<0.01),而与中水肥及抗旱性小麦的差异不显著(P>0.05);八倍体小偃麦的光合速率显著高于普通小麦(P<0.05),这种差异主要是由高水肥品种晋麦66造成的,虽然八倍体小偃麦的气孔导度和羧化效率高于普通小麦,但差异不显著;光合速率与气孔频率呈负相关,与气孔导度呈显著正相关.     

Characterization of spelt (Triticum spelta L.) forms by gel-electrophoretic analyses of seed storage proteins. III. Comparative analyses of spelt and Central European winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars by SDS-PAGE and acid-PAGE

 Seed storage proteins of a few selected spelt forms and crosses have already been electrophoretically analysed by SDS-PAGE and acid-PAGE and compared with a few winter wheat cultivars. In the analyses presented here further important Central European spelt varieties were included, as well as modern winter wheat cultivars which were chosen as standards. In this study gliadin and glutenin band patterns of modern Central European winter wheat cultivars were analysed, in particular for a comparison with spelt varieties. An improved differentiation within and between the two species was obtained. Received: 27 April 1998 / Accepted: 26 May 1998