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Type: Journal article
Title: Use of triticum tauschii to improve yield of wheat in low-yielding environments
Author: Gororo, N.
Eagles, H.
Eastwood, R.
Nicolas, M.
Flood, R.
Citation: Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding, 2002; 123(2):241-254
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publ
Issue Date: 2002
ISSN: 0014-2336
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N.N. Gororo, H.A. Eagles, R.F. Eastwood, M.E. Nicolas and R.G. Flood
Abstract: Triticum tauschii (Coss.) Schmal. is an ancestor of bread wheat (T. aestivum). This species has been widely used as a source of simply-inherited traits, but there are few reports of yield increases due to introgression of genes from this species. Selections from F₂-derivedlines of backcross derivatives of synthetic hexaploid wheats (T.turgidum / T. tauschii) were evaluated for grain yield in diverse environments in southern Australia. Re-selections were made in the F₆ generation and evaluated for grain yield, yield components including grain weight, and grain growth characters in diverse environments in southern Australia and north-western Mexico. Re-selection was effective in identifying lines which were higher yielding than the recurrent parent, except in full-irrigation environments. Grain yields of the selected derivatives were highest relative to the recurrent parent in the lowest-yielding environments, which experienced terminal moisture deficit and heat stress during grain filling. The yield advantage of the derivativesin these environments was not due to a change in anthesis date orgrain-filling duration, but was manifest as increased rates of grain-filling andlarger grains, indicating that T. tauschii has outstanding potential forimproving wheat for low-yielding, drought-stressed environments.
Keywords: Drought
grain-filling
synthetic hexaploids
Triticum tauschii
T. turgidum
wheat
yield
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014910000128
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1014910000128
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