Pentaploid Wheat Hybrids: Applications, Characterisation, and Challenges

• Published in: Frontiers in plant science Vol. 8; p. 358
• Main Authors: Padmanaban, Sriram, Zhang, Peng, Hare, Ray A., Sutherland, Mark W., Martin, Anke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 17.03.2017
• Subjects: Plant Science; in situ hybridisation; pentaploid hybrids; Triticum turgidium spp. durum; interploidy crosses; Triticum aestivum

Interspecific hybridisation between hexaploid and tetraploid wheat species leads to the development of F pentaploid hybrids with unique chromosomal constitutions. Pentaploid hybrids derived from bread wheat ( L.) and durum wheat ( spp. Desf.) crosses can improve the genetic background of either pare...