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Can Polish wheat (Triticum polonicum L.) be an interesting gene source for breeding wheat cultivars with increased resistance to Fusarium head blight?

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Nine spring lines of Polish wheat (Triticum polonicum) were compared with Kamut wheat and two common wheat cultivars. Plants were analyzed to determine morphometric parameters (plant height, spike length, spike density, grain weight per spike and single kernel weight) and some chemical properties of grain: content of protein, ash, fat, crude fiber, minerals and mycotoxins. The studied genotypes produced a relatively weak response to infection with Fusarium culmorum which was expressed by a decrease in grain weight per spike and single kernel weight by 13 % and over 6 %, respectively. The grain of T. polonicum was characterized by a significantly higher protein and ash content than the grain of common wheat (by 19.8 and 23.7 %, respectively) and considerably higher concentrations of fat and dietary fiber than Kamut wheat (by 30.2 and 17.4 %, respectively). In comparison with common wheat, the grain of the examined genotypes was significantly more abundant in sulfur, magnesium and potassium as well as zinc, iron, copper and molybdenum. It contained significantly less aluminum and strontium. The inoculation led to a significant increase in fusariotoxin levels in the grain of all studied genotypes, and the average concentrations of the above metabolites were lower in the grain of T. polonicum than in Triticum aestivum. Polish wheat may constitute valuable genetic material for breeding new wheat varieties characterized by a high nutritive value and satisfactory resistance to FHB.

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Abbreviations

DON:

Deoxynivalenol

D3G:

DON-3-Glucoside

NIV:

Nivalenol

ZEA:

Zearalenone

AME:

Alternariol monomethyl ether

α-ZOL:

Alpha-zearalenol

β-ZOL:

Beta-zearalenol

AOH:

Alternariol

MON:

Moniliformin

15-MAS:

15-Monoacetoxyscirpenol

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This work was supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Project No. 0882/B/P01/2009/37.

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  1. Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Production, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, pl. Łódzki 3, 10-727, Olsztyn, Poland

    Marian Wiwart, Elżbieta Suchowilska & Paweł Groenwald

  2. Department of Agrobiotechnology, Center for Analytical Chemistry, IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, 3430, Tulln, Austria

    Wolfgang Kandler, Michael Sulyok & Rudolf Krska

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Wiwart, M., Suchowilska, E., Kandler, W. et al. Can Polish wheat (Triticum polonicum L.) be an interesting gene source for breeding wheat cultivars with increased resistance to Fusarium head blight?. Genet Resour Crop Evol 60, 2359–2373 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-013-0004-2

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