H. Ekiz et Cf. Konzak, ANTHER CULTURE RESPONSE OF SOME SPRING BREAD WHEAT (TRITICUM-AESTIVUML) CULTIVARS, LINES AND F(1) CROSSES, Cereal Research Communications, 22(3), 1994, pp. 165-171
To determine the anther culture response of spring bread wheat, 44 cul
tivars and lines, and 14 F1s were cultured. Genotypes showed significa
nt differences especially in callus induction and green plant proporti
on compared to plant regeneration. The results from F1s suggested that
additive genetic effects predominated for callus induction. In additi
on, epistasis and heterosis were also observed in some crosses. Some c
ultivars had dominant or masking genes suppressing callus induction, w
hich were functional in F1 crosses as well; however, probably because
of minor genes or gene interactions their functions were some altered
positively in their crosses. On the other hand, additive, epistasis an
d heterosis genetic effects were observed for plant regeneration and g
reen plant proportion as well. In contrast to callus induction, the ge
notypes with low green plant proportion did not drastically reduce gre
en plant proportion in their crosses. Insignificant correlation coeffi
cients calculated between anther culture components (callus induction,
plant regeneration, and green plant proportion) indicated that these
are under the control of different genetic mechanisms.