Rk. Kapila et Gs. Sethi, EXPRESSION OF SOME RYE (SECALE-CEREALE) TRAITS IN DIFFERENT TRITICALE(X-TRITICOSECALE) X-WHEAT (TRITICUM-AESTIVUM L) HYBRIDS, Cereal Research Communications, 22(1-2), 1994, pp. 27-32
Expression of 6 rye traits expressing in triticale was studied in 6 he
xaploid triticale X bread wheat hybrids. The results revealed complete
expression of anthocyanin pigment in coleoptile and powdery mildew re
sistance, indicating no effect of the D-genome of wheat on the express
ion of these traits. However, the D-genome seems to be suppressing the
expression of waxy bloom on leaf sheath, hairiness of peduncle and lo
ng florets which expressed incompletely in the hybrids. Anthocyanin pi
gment in anthers at dehiscence also expressed in the hybrids, but was
found to be highly influenced by ambient temperature and/or photoperio
d.