Production and cytogenetics of hybrids of Triticum aestivum x Leymus innovatus

Summary Hybrid plants were obtained between Triticum aestivum (2n=6x=42, AABBDD) and Leymus innovatus (2n=4x=28, JJNN) at a frequency varying from 0.4% to 1.2% of the pollinated florets. Improvement of the embryo culture medium resulted in a higher frequency of embryo rescue. Eight of ten hybrids had the expected chromosome number of 35 (ABDJN). Meiotic analysis indicated that there was no homology between the genomes of the two species. Two hybrids had only 28 chromosomes. Comparison of chromosome pairing between the two types of hybrids suggested that Leymus innovatus carries genes that affect chromosome pairing and behavior. The relatively high occurrence of spontaneous doubling in the meiocytes of these hybrids may indicate that backcrossing of the hybrids to wheat should be possible, although frequent chromosome irregularities observed in the meiocytes of the hybrids may decrease the probability of success of this step, which is essential to the process of gene transfer from L. innovatus to wheat.Contrib. no. 366     

Morphology,fertility and cytogenetics of intergeneric hybrid between Roegneria kamoji Ohwi and Dasypyrum villosum (L.) Candargy (Poaceae: Triticeae)

The intergeneric hybrids between Roegneria kamoji Ohwi and Dasypyrum villosum (L.)Candargy were successfully obtained by means of embryo culture in vitro. Studies on morphology, fertility and chromosome pairing behavior in meiosis of the parents and their hybrid F_l were carried out in the present work. The results showed that: (1) there were ob vious morphological differences between R. kamoji and D. villosum, and spikes of F_l plants were morphologically intermediate between the two parental species; (2) the seed set of the cross was 11.63%; the hybrid plant was infertile, which indicated that strong repro ductive isolation existed between the parents and R. kamoji and D. villosum were inde pendent biological species; (3) The somatic chromosome number in root-tips of F_l hybrids was 28. Chromosome pairing at MI of PMCs in F_l hybrids was quite low. The meiotic con figuration was 26.72 Ⅰ + 0.62 Ⅱ + 0.02 Ⅲ, which indicated that very low homoeology was detected between the St, H, Y genomes of R. kamoji and the V genome of D. villo- sum, and the relationship between the parental species was remote.     

鹅观草和簇毛麦属间杂种的形态学和细胞遗传学研究

通过幼胚离体拯救培养,成功地获得鹅观草Roegneria kamoji Ohwi(2n=6x=42,StStHHYY)和 簇毛麦Dasypyrum villosum(L．)Candargy(2n=2x=14,VV)属间杂种,对这两个种及其杂种F_l的形 态学、繁育学和减数分裂配对行为进行了研究。结果表明：(1)鹅观草和簇毛麦形态差异极大,杂种F1 的形态特征介于父母本之间;(2)杂交结实率低,为11．63％;经幼胚组织培养,获2株杂种苗;杂种F_l高 度不育,表明亲本间存在极强的生殖隔离,是独立的生物学种;(3)杂种F_l体细胞染色体数目为稳定的 28条,减数分裂中期I染色体配对很低,其构型为：26．72Ⅰ+0．62Ⅱ+0．02Ⅲ。表明鹅观草的St、H、Y染色体组与簇毛麦的V染色体组部分同源性很低,它们的亲缘关系较远。     

Production and meiotic analysis of autotriploid Triticum speltoides and T. bicorne

Summary Autotriploid Triticum speltoides and T. bicorne (2n=3x=21) were produced by pollinating autotetraploids with pollen from their respective diploids. The autotriploid plants were vigorous, male sterile, and morphologically resembled their diploid parents. At meiosis, T. speltoides (3x) averaged 2.52 univalents, 0.42 rod bivalents, 2.03 ring bivalents, 4.48 trivalents, and 0.03 chain quadrivalents per cell, and T. bicorne (3x) had 2.30 univalents, 0.20 rod bivalents, 2.10 ring bivalents, and 4.70 trivalents. Panhandle trivalents made up 27% of the total trivalents, and involved 18% of the total number of chromosomes observed in T. bicorne (3x), and 26% and 17% in T. speltoides (3x), respectively. The observed chromosome pairing in both triploids was predicted well from the expressions developed by Alonso and Kimber.Contribution from the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. Journal Series No. 10932     

Determination of the frequency of wheat-rye chromosome pairing in wheat x rye hybrids with and without chromosome 5B

Genomic in-situ hybridization (GISH) was used to determine the amount of wheat-rye chromosome pairing in wheat (Triticum aestivum) x rye (Secale cereale) hybrids having chromosome 5B present, absent, or replaced by an extra dose of chromosome 5D. The levels of overall chromosome pairing were similar to those reported earlier but the levels of wheat-rye pairing were higher than earlier determinations using C-banding. Significant differences in chromosome pairing were found between the three genotypes studied. Both of the chromosome-5B-deficient hybrid genotypes showed much higher pairing than the euploid wheat hybrid. However, the 5B-deficient hybrid carrying an extra chromosome 5D had significantly less wheat-rye pairing than the simple 5B-deficient genotype, indicating the presence of a suppressing factor on chromosome 5D. Non-homologous/non-homoeologous chromosome pairing was observed in all three hybrid genotypes. The value of GISH for assessing the level of wheat-alien chromosome pairing in wheat/alien hybrids and the effectiveness of wheat genotypes that affect homoeologous chromosome pairing is demonstrated.     

长芒猬草与华山新麦草属间杂种的形态学和细胞学研究

为研究长芒猬草Hystrix duthiei ssp．longearistata的染色体组成,将其与华山新麦草Psathyrostachys huashanica进行了人工杂交,获得杂种F₁。对亲本及杂种F₁,花粉母细胞减数分裂染色体配对行为、繁育 特性和形态特征进行了比较分析。结果表明：杂种F₁的许多形态特征介于父母本之间,花粉完全不育, 结实率为0;杂种F₁花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ⅰ染色体配对较高,55.12％的细胞形成5个或6个二价 体,其构型为：9.83Ⅰ+5.46Ⅱ+0.07Ⅲ,C-值为0.57。以上结果表明H．duthiei ssp．Longearistata含有Ns染色体组。本文还讨论了Hystrix与Leymus的关系。     

窄颖仲彬草生物系统学研究

窄颖仲彬草Ｋｅｎｇｙｉｌｉａ ｓｔｅｎａｃｈｙｒａ（Ｋｅｎｇ） Ｊ．Ｌ． Ｙａｎｇ ,Ｙｅｎ ｅｔ Ｂａｕｍ 是分布于我国西部的一种多年生六倍体植物。将其与犬草Ｅｌｙｍｕｓ ｃａｎｉｎｕｓ（Ｌ．） Ｌ．, 鹅观草Ｒｏｅｇｎｅｒｉａ ｋａｍｏｊｉ Ｏｈｗｉ, 糙毛仲彬草Ｋ．ｈｉｒｓｕｔａ （Ｋｅｎｇ） Ｊ．Ｌ．Ｙａｎｇ,Ｙｅｎ ｅｔ Ｂａｕｍ ３ 个种进行了杂交。对亲本及杂种Ｆ１ 代花粉母细胞减数分裂中期Ｉ染色体配对行为进行了观察。减数分裂平均构型分别为： Ｅ． ｃａｎｉｎｕｓ×Ｋ． ｓｔｅｎａｃｈｙｒａ２３－７９ Ⅰ＋ ５－２０ Ⅱ＋ ０－２７Ⅲ; Ｒ．ｋａｍｏｊｉ ×Ｋ．ｓｔｅｎａｃｈｙｒａ１８－２３ Ⅰ＋ １１－６８ Ⅱ＋ ０－０６ Ⅲ＋ ０－０６ Ⅳ; Ｋ．ｈｉｒｓｕｔａ ×Ｋ．ｓｔｅｎａｃｈｙｒａ４－８３Ⅰ＋ １７－３１ Ⅱ＋ ０－５５ Ⅲ＋ ０－２０ Ⅳ＋ ０－０２ Ⅴ。根据以上结果, 结合种的形态特征, 窄颖仲彬草应从鹅观草属Ｒｏｅｇｎｅｒｉａ Ｃ． Ｋｏｃｈ 拟冰草组ＰａｒａｇｒｏｐｙｒｏｎＫｅｎｇ 中组合到仲彬草属Ｋｅｎｇｙｉｌｉａ Ｙｅｎ ｅｔ Ｙａｎｇ。     

The cytogenetics of a Triticum turgidum x Psathyrostachys juncea hybrid and its backcross derivatives

Psathyrostachys juncea (2n = 2x = 14, NN), a source of barley yellow dwarf (BYDV) virus resistance with tolerance to drought and salinity, has been successfully hybridized in its autotetraploid form (2n = 4x = 28, NNNN) as the pollen parent to durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L.). The 2n = 4x = 28 (ABNN) F₁ hybrid has a mean meiotic metaphase-I configuration of 20.29 univalents + 0.29 ring bivalents + 3.36 rod bivalents + 0.14 trivalents. Spike length, internode length, glume awn length and lemma awn length, as well as the general spike morphology of the F₁ hybrid, are intermediate with those of the two parents. Pollinating the ABNN F₁ hybrid has given backcross (BC)-I derivatives of an amphiploid (AABBNN) that expresses limited self-fertility. BC-2 derivatives have been obtained from these plants. Direct transfers of useful genes from Ps. juncea to wheat would require substantial genetic manipulation strategies. Both conventional and novel methodologies, which may complement each other, and so facilitate reaching an agricultural objective end point, are addressed.     

Genes in diploid triticinae compensating for the low temperature regulating gene Ltp in chromosome 5D of Triticum aestivum

Summary Hybrids of Triticum aestivum (monosomic 5D or ditelosomic 5DL) x T. speltoides (= Ae. speltoides) showed that the genotype of T. speltoides carries gene(s) which can partially compensate for the expected decrease in chromosome association at low temperatures (10°C) in the absence of chromosome 5D. In hybrids of T. aestivum (normal, ditelosomic 3DL or ditelosomic 3DL-monosomic 5D) x T. longissimum (= Ae. sharonensis), this compensation was not observed.In normal F₁ hybrids of T. durum x T. longissimum partial chromosome association occurred at 10°C and this stabilizer effect may be explained by the presence of a Ltp-like gene on chromosome 5A. When a line of T. durum carrying a homozygous translocated 5B-5D chromosome was used in the crosses an even higher chromosome association was observed.These results suggest either the existence of a promoter gene for chromosome association in the 5D translocated segment or the loss of a weak suppressor gene in the removed segment of 5B. It was concluded that the translocated 5D segment did not carry the Ltp stabilizer gene.The work was supported by a fellowship of the Gulbenkian Foundation and partly carried out while the author was at the Department of Genetics, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.     

In vitro propagation and chromosome doubling of a Triticum crassum x Hordeum vulgare intergeneric hybrid

Summary In vitro culture of inflorescence tissue of a Triticum crassum (6x) x Hordeum vulgare cv. Bomi (2x) intergeneric hybrid resulted in the proliferation of totipotent callus from which plants were regenerated. Regeneration was also achieved from immature inflorescence callus of T. crassum but not from H. vulgare. T. crassum x H. vulgare regenerates had a somatic chromosome number of 28, identical to that of the original hybrid. Four chimeric plants with a partially doubled chromosome number were obtained by in vitro colchicine treatment of hybrid callus prior to induction of plant regeneration. All T. crassum regenerates had 35 chromosomes rather than the expected number of 42. Meiotic analysis of a 35-chromosome plant revealed an extremely abnormal meiosis which might be attributable to a complete disturbance in meiotic control system(s) including that of meiotic pairing.Dedicated to Professor Georg Melchers on the occasion of his 75th birthday.Contribution No. 624 Ottawa Research Station, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ont. K1A OC6 (Canada)     

Cytogenetics of the trigeneric hybrid, (Hordeum vulgare ×Triticum aestivum) ×Secale cereale

Summary Chromosome pairing was studied in hybrids of (Hordeum vulgare ×Triticum aestivum) ×Secale cereale. Chiasma frequency per cell varied from 1.94 to 3.16 between the different hybrids. This variation was attributed to genetic variability in rye parents which affected homoeologous pairing. The pairing of rye chromosomes as revealed by Giemsa C-banding was a combination of nonhomologous association between rye chromosomes and associations with chromosomes of wheat and barley. Contribution No. 634 Ottawa Research Station     

Microsatellites confirm the authenticity of inter-varietal chromosome substitution lines of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Ninety-five wheat microsatellite markers (WMS) were used to verify the authenticity of the set of Saratovskaya 29/Yanetzkis Probat inter-varietal wheat chromosome substitution lines developed using Saratovskaya 29 as the recipient variety. Polymorphic markers were available for all chromosome arms except 4DS, 6DS and 7DS. Each chromosome substitution line was tested by 2–8 microsatellite markers. The results demonstrate that most of the lines are correct. Out of 21 lines tested 17 showed the expected microsatellite pattern of the donor variety. Two entire chromosomes, 1B and 7A, and two chromosome arms, 3AL and 6DS, were not substituted with Yanetzkis Probat in their respective lines. Three microsatellite markers located in the distal regions of chromosome arms 4AL, 3BS and 5BL in the corresponding substitution lines did not reveal the expected microsatellite pattern of the recipient variety. The possible causes of the incorrect substitution line development and the appearance of incorrect distal microsatellite markers are discussed. The data confirm the idea that microsatellite markers provide ideal tools for testing the authenticity of genetic stocks of wheat. Received: 27 August 1999 / Accepted: 8 October 1999     

Production and cytogenetic analysis of BC1, BC2, and BC3 progenies of an intergeneric hybrid between Triticum aestivum (L.) Thell. and tetraploid Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

Summary Intergeneric hybrids between Triticum aestivum cv Chinese Spring and Agropyron cristatum 4x (2n= 5x=35, ABDPP genomes) with a high level of homoeologous meiotic pairing between the wheat chromosomes were backcrossed 3 times to wheat. Pollination of the F₁ hybrid with Chinese Spring resulted in 22 BC₁ seeds with an average seed set of 1.52%. Five BC₁ plants with 39–41 chromosomes were raised using embryo rescue techniques. Chromosome pairing in the BC₁ was characterized by a high frequency of multivalent associations, but in spite of this there was no evidence of homoeologous pairing between chromosomes of wheat and those of Agropyron. All of the plants were self sterile. The embryo rescue technique was again essential to produce 39 BC₂ plants with chromosome numbers ranging from 37 to 67. The phenomenon of meiotic non-reduction was also observed in the BC₃ progenies. In this generation male and female fertility greatly increased, and meiotic pairing was fairly regular. Some monosomic (2n=43) and double monosomic (2n=44) lines were produced. Analysis of these progenies should permit the extraction of the seven possible wheat-Agropyron disomic addition lines including those with the added chromosomes carrying the genes involved in meiotic non-reduction and in suppression of Ph activity.     

Direct effect of colchicine on the microspore embryogenesis to produce dihaploid plants in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Summary In the present experiment, different chromosome reduplication techniques were applied to microspore-originated Triticum aestivum L. (cv Ciano) haploids. In addition to the conventional treatment (whole plant exposure to colchicine solution), spontaneously redoubled haploids were also examined. As an experimental treatment, different concentrations (0.01, 0.02, 0.04%) of colchicine were added directly to the induction media. Colchicine did not affect the anther response or the plant regeneration capacity. The success and stability of genome redoubling was estimated on the basis of the fertility of the regenerated (R₀) plants and their progeny (R₁). Chromosome doubling produced by colchicine before the first microspore mitosis was significantly more efficient than the conventionally used techniques.     

用中国春双端二体分析西藏小麦的染色体构成

用普通小麦“中国春”双端二体系列(double ditelosomics)作母本分别与西藏小麦杂交,对全套21个F_1的PMC在MI进行端体配对分析。在(“中国春”双端二体7B×西藏小麦)F_1中,含有(t′,t1″)构型的PMC占观察总数的87.3％,7BS常不参与配对,显示出有较大差异。“中国春”3A、7A、2D—7D等8条染色体的两臂可以分别同时与西藏小麦对应染色体配成异型三价体(tt1′′′)的PMC频率达80.0—95.5％,表明西藏小麦与“中国春”之间这8条染色体差异很小。在涉及其余12条染色体的组合中,出现(tt1′′′)、(t′t1″)和(t′,t′)构型的PMC分别占观察细胞总数的42.3—77.6％、21.9—55.5％和0—8.0％,表明它们之间仅某个染色体臂间有轻度变异或分化。从总体来看,西藏小麦与“中国春”之间除7BS有较大差异外在染色体构成上基本相似。     

Back-cross reciprocal monosomic analysis of Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

 Fusarium head blight (FHB or scab) caused by Fusarium spp. is a widespread disease of cereals causing yield and quality losses and contaminating cereal products with mycotoxins. The breeding of resistant varieties is the method of choice for controlling the disease. Unfortunately, the genetic basis of scab resistance is still poorly understood. We present the results of a back-cross reciprocal monosomic analysis of FHB resistance using the highly resistant Hungarian winter wheat line ‘U-136.1’ and the highly susceptible cultivar ‘Hobbit-sib’. Resistance testing was performed in a field trial artificially inoculated with a Fusarium culmorum conidial suspension. Five hemizygous families containing ‘U-136.1’ chromosomes 6B, 5A, 6D, 1B, and 4B had a visually reduced spread of infection compared to lines having the ‘Hobbit-sib’ chromosome. Chromosome 2B from ‘U-136.1’ had an increased spread of infection. The critical chromosomes controlling seed weight were 6D, 3B, 5A, and 6B while those controlling deoxynivalenol (DON) content were homoeologous groups 2 and 6, although the latter effects were not significant due to a high coefficient of variation. Results from this and other studies show that chromosomes 6D, 6B, 5A, 4D, and 7A have frequently been associated with scab resistance in a number of wheat cultivars. Research groups now attempting to map scab resistance in wheat using markers should pay special attention to the above-mentioned chromosomes. Received: 31 March 1998 / Accepted: 14 July 1998     

Direct evidence for high level of autosyndetic pairing in hybrids of Thinopyrum intermedium and Th. ponticum with Triticum aestivum

 Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) was used to distinguish autosyndetic from allosyndetic pairing in the hybrids of Thinopyrum intermedium and Th. ponticum with Triticum aestivum cv ‘Chinese Spring’ (CS). All hybrids showed high autosyndetic pairing frequencies among wheat chromosomes and among Thinopyrum chromosomes. The high autosyndetic pairing frequencies among wheat chromosomes in both hybrids suggested that Th. intermedium and Th. ponticum carry promoters for homoeologous chromosome pairing. The higher frequencies of autosyndetic pairing among Thinopyrum chromosomes than among wheat chromosomes in both hybrids indicated that the relationships among the three genomes of Th. intermedium and among the five genomes of Th. ponticum are closer than those among the three genomes of T. aestivum. Received: 19 September 1996 / Accepted: 18 April 1997     

Fluorescence in situ hybridization with multiple repeated DNA probes applied to the analysis of wheat-rye chromosome pairing

 Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with multiple probes has been applied to meiotic chromosome spreads derived from ph1b common wheat x rye hybrid plants. The probes used included pSc74 and pSc 119.2 from rye (the latter also hybridizes on wheat, mainly B genome chromosomes), the Ae. squarrosa pAs1 probe, which hybridizes almost exclusively on D genome chromosomes, and wheat rDNA probes pTa71 and pTa794. Simultaneous and sequential FISH with a two-by-two combination of these probes allowed unequivocal identification of all of the rye (R) and most of the wheat (W) chromosomes, either unpaired or involved in pairing. Thus not only could wheat-wheat and wheat-rye associations be easily discriminated, which was already feasible by the sole use of the rye-specific pSc74 probe, but the individual pairing partners could also be identified. Of the wheat-rye pairing observed, which averaged from about 7% to 11% of the total pairing detected in six hybrid plants of the same cross combination, most involved B genome chromosomes (about 70%), and to a much lesser degree, those of the D (almost 17%) and A (14%) genomes. Rye arms 1RL and 5RL showed the highest pairing frequency (over 30%), followed by 2RL (11%) and 4RL (about 8%), with much lower values for all the other arms. 2RS and 5RS were never observed to pair in the sample analysed. Chromosome arms 1RL, 1RS, 2RL, 3RS, 4RS and 6RS were observed to be exclusively bound to wheat chromosomes of the same homoeologous group. The opposite was true for 4RL (paired with 6BS and 7BS) and 6RL (paired with 7BL). 5RL, on the other hand, paired with 4WL arms or segments of them in more than 80% of the cases and with 5WL in the remaining ones. Additional cases of pairing involving wheat chromosomes belonging to more than one homoeologous group occurred with 3RL, 7RS and 7RL. These results, while adding support to previous evidence about the existence of several translocations in the rye genome relative to that of wheat, show that FISH with multiple probes is an efficient method by which to study fundamental aspects of chromosome behaviour at meiosis, such as interspecific pairing. The type of knowledge attainable from this approach is expected to have a significant impact on both theoretical and applied research concerning wheat and related Triticeae. Received: 21 February 1996 / Accepted: 12 July 1996     

Production,morphology, and cytogenetic analysis of Elymus caninus (Agropyron caninum) x Triticum aestivum F1 hybrids and backcross-1 derivatives

Summary Intergeneric hybrids were produced between common wheat, Triticum aestivum (2n=6x=42, AABBDD) and wheatgrass, Etymus caninus (Agropyron caninum) (2n=4x=28, SSHH) — the first successful report of this cross. Reciprocal crosses and genotypes differed for percent seed set, seed development and F₁ hybrid plant production. With E. caninus as the pollen parent, there was no hybrid seed set. In the reciprocal cross, seed set was 23.1–25.4% depending upon wheat genotype used. Hybrid plants were produced only by rescuing embryos 12–13 days post pollination with cv Chinese Spring as the wheat parent. Kinetin in the medium facilitated embryo germination but inhibited root development and seedling growth. The hybrids were vigorous, self sterile, and intermediate between parents. These had expected chromosome number (2n=5x=35, ABDSH), very little chromosome pairing (0.51 II, 0.04 III) and some secondary associations. The hybrids were successfully backcrossed with wheat. Chromosome number in the BC₁ derivatives varied 54–58 with 56 as the modal class. The BC₁ derivatives showed unusually high number of rod bivalents or reduced pairing of wheat homologues. These were sterile and BC₂ seed was produced using wheat pollen.