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Analysis of wheat and rye semidwarfing gene distribution in spring hexaploid triticale (Triticosecale Wittm.) cultivars and breeding lines

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A collection of spring hexaploid triticale cultivars and promising breeding lines has been examined for the presence of wheat Rht-B1b, Rht-B1e, and Rht8c semidwarfing genes and the rye Hl semidwarfing gene. It was discovered in spring triticale that these semidwarfing genes are represented by only one, the Rht-B1b wheat gene. The presence of this gene is associated with shortening of spring triticale plants by 28 cm on average, which constituted 26% of their initial height. Rht-B1b was found in all of the studied commercial cultivars of spring triticale, which rendered it possible to conclude that plant height reduction is a necessary condition for increasing the competitiveness of this crop culture.

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  1. Department of Genetics, Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and Seed Science, Timiryazev Russian State Agrarian University, Moscow, 127550, Russia

    A. D. Korshunova, M. G. Divashuk, A. A. Soloviev & G. I. Karlov

  2. Center for Molecular Biotechnology, Russian State Agrarian University (MTAA), Moscow, 127550, Russia

    A. D. Korshunova, M. G. Divashuk & G. I. Karlov

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Original Russian Text © A.D. Korshunova, M.G. Divashuk, A.A. Soloviev, G.I. Karlov, 2015, published in Genetika, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 334–340.

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Korshunova, A.D., Divashuk, M.G., Soloviev, A.A. et al. Analysis of wheat and rye semidwarfing gene distribution in spring hexaploid triticale (Triticosecale Wittm.) cultivars and breeding lines. Russ J Genet 51, 272–277 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795415030072

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