DEVELOPMENT OF NEAR-ISOGENIC LINES OF THE COMMON WHEAT CULTIVAR SARATOVSKAYA-29

Seventeen lines of the wheat cultivar 'Saratovskaya 29' isogenic for d ominant genes marking various wheat chromosomes have been developed. T he objective of the development was to introduce these genes into the corresponding monosomic lines of the cultivar. The lines are isogenic for such marker characters as hairy glume, black glume colour, elongat ed glume, club spike shape, pubescent auricles, red auricles, non-waxi ness, purple culm, reduced height, purple pericarp. We expect to intro duce some of them into the corresponding monosomic lines soon. The gen es for hairy glume (Hg), black glume colour (Bg), elongated glume (Egl ), non-waxiness (Wxl(1)), club spike shape (C), pubescent auricles (Pa ) have been introduced into the corresponding monosomic lines of 'Sara tovskaya 29'. The genes for purple pericarp, Pp1, Pp2, Pp3 and for elo ngated glume, Egl(P), are located on chromosomes 7B, 6A, 2A and 7AL, r espectively. The introduction of other marker genes is currently at va rious stages of progress.