HYBRID DWARFNESS IN WHEAT
HYBRID DWARFNESS IN WHEAT
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00043448
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
HERMSEN, JGT
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作者:
HERMSEN, JGT
The literature on hybrid dwarf ness in wheat is critically discussed. A new hypothesis on its genetic basis is given. Dwarfness is assumed to be determined by the additive interaction of 3 genes D1, D2 and D3, differing in dominance relations and in quantitative contribution to the dward phenotype. Three dward types are described. Type 1-dwarfs are dwarf during their whole life cycle and normally do not produce seeds. Type 2-dwarfs start as normal seedlings, become dwarfs while tillering and die dwarfs; some produce seeds, others do not. Type 3-dwarfs emerge as normal seedlings, become dwarfs during the tillering stage, but after some time they start to shoot and develop into nearly or even completely normal plants; in the F2 the proportion of dwarfs decreases during the growing season. The occurrence and genetic basis of the 3 dwarf types is discussed. On the basis of their genotype 315 varieties and lines are divided into 6 genotype-classes. Over 1000 intra- and inter-class crosses were made and F1, F2, F3, and BC studied. Also some triple crosses and crosses with pure breeding dwarfs were investigated. In general the results obtained fit the hypothesis. Unstable ratios involving type 3-dwarfs are discussed separately. Linkage of the dwarf gene D2 and the necrosis gene Ne2 (both on chromosome 2B (XIII)) was apparent from F2-data and from results of a tripe cross in which both forms of hybrid weakness occurred. Crossing-over between D2 and Ne2 is calculated to be 34%. Methods are outlined to use hybrid dwarfness in a wheat breeding probram. The possible incompleteness of the 3-gene hypothesis and the variability of dwarfness are discussed.