A METHOD FOR CROSSING NONSYNCHRONOUSLY FLOWERING PARENTS IN WHEAT, USING COLD-STORAGE OF THE FEMALE PARENT

Authors
PURNHAUSER L
Citation
L. Purnhauser, A METHOD FOR CROSSING NONSYNCHRONOUSLY FLOWERING PARENTS IN WHEAT, USING COLD-STORAGE OF THE FEMALE PARENT, Cereal Research Communications, 21(2-3), 1993, pp. 175-179
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
Cereal Research Communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
01333720
Volume
21
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
175 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0133-3720(1993)21:2-3<175:AMFCNF>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A simple method is described for making efficient hand crosses in whea t (Triticum aestivum) parents with large differences in flowering date s. It involves the cold storage of emasculated plants at 5-degrees-C b etween emasculation and pollination. The seed set of cold-stored femal es was high when spikes were pollinated 30 days after emasculation (DA E). Female plants kept only in a greenhouse (30-degrees-C/20-degrees-C day/night temperature) without cold storage showed a poor seed set wh en pollinated 10 DAE, and the stigmas had completely lost their recept ivity 15 DAE.