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The genetics of tolerance to high mineral concentrations in the tribe Triticeae — a review and update

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Soil mineral stresses are increasingly becoming growth-limiting factors for crop plants in many parts of the world. Unfortunately, most of the stresses are often not easily correctable by conventional agricultural practices. Recently it has become apparent that some crop plants and their wild (‘alien’) relatives possess adequate genotypic variation in tolerance to some of these mineral stresses, which could be utilized to improve the level of tolerance of the cultivated species. The objective of this paper is to review, summarise and update the current published information on the genetics of mineral stress tolerance in the tribe Triticeae, and also assess the implications for wheat improvement.

Sources of tolerance to aluminium, excess manganese, boron and copper are identified, and the chromosomal locations of factors conferring the tolerance are given.

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Manyowa, N.M., Miller, T.E. The genetics of tolerance to high mineral concentrations in the tribe Triticeae — a review and update. Euphytica 57, 175–185 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023076

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