METHOD FOR SCREENING BREAD WHEAT FOR TOLERANCE TO BORON (REPRINTED FROM WHEAT - PROSPECTS FOR GLOBAL IMPROVEMENT, 1998)

Authors
CAMPBELL TA RATHJEN AJ PAULL JG ISLAM AKMR
Citation
Ta. Campbell et al., METHOD FOR SCREENING BREAD WHEAT FOR TOLERANCE TO BORON (REPRINTED FROM WHEAT - PROSPECTS FOR GLOBAL IMPROVEMENT, 1998), Euphytica, 100(1-3), 1998, pp. 131-135
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture
Journal title
Euphytica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00142336
Volume
100
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
131 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-2336(1998)100:1-3<131:MFSBWF>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A new method for screening wheat for boron tolerance has been develope d to overcome the problems of methods used in the past. Seedlings were grown for 10 days while suspended over B-rich solutions. Their root l engths were then measured as an index of tolerance. Five varieties of wheat were screened at seven concentrations of B. Results were obtaine d more quickly and easily than from the alternative methodologies and compared favourably. Screening of 128 doubled haploid lines from a cro ss between Halberd and (WlMMC) suggested that transgressive segregati on had occurred.