KARYOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGH-YIELDING EMMER WHEAT (TRITICUM-DICOCCUM L) LINE WITH 2 RECIPROCAL HOMOZYGOUS T4BS-CENTER-DOT-SAL AND T5AS-CENTER-DOT-4BL TRANSLOCATION CHROMOSOME PAIRS
J. Schulzschaeffer et al., KARYOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGH-YIELDING EMMER WHEAT (TRITICUM-DICOCCUM L) LINE WITH 2 RECIPROCAL HOMOZYGOUS T4BS-CENTER-DOT-SAL AND T5AS-CENTER-DOT-4BL TRANSLOCATION CHROMOSOME PAIRS, Biologisches Zentralblatt, 114(3), 1995, pp. 266-272
A Leishman-C-banded karyotype of PI 254148 emmer wheat (Triticum dicoc
cum L.) was analyzed. PI 254148 is a high yielding line. It was compar
ed with 'Lewis' barley, 'Otana' oats, and 9 other emmer wheat lines in
a 5-year yield trial. It ranked second after Lewis barley, yielding 2
.46 MT/ha outyielding other emmer lines in this trial. It outyielded t
he standard variety North Dakota emmer by 102% in 1989. The PI 254148
C-banding karyotype shows a reciprocal homozygous translocation (T4BS
. 5AL/T5AS . 4BL). The banding patterns show that the translocation br
eakpoints are located within the centromere regions of the chromosomes
involved. As to our knowledge, this is the first report of a 5A/4B ch
romosome translocation in wheat. The authors believe it is possible th
at the constant high yield of PI 254148 is facilitated by the chromoso
me translocation which may have caused a position effect.