Production of Doubled Haploids by Anther Culture and Wheat X Maize Method in a Wheat Breeding Programme

Utilization of the doubled haploid method of breeding usually shortens the time to cultivar release, and methods of haploid production need evaluation in a breeding programme. Thirty-eight different three-way crosses were tested for anther culture response. On average 5.8 percent of the anthers cultured produced calli. Three crosses were found recalcitrant for callus induction. Overall, the anther culture method produced 0.6 plantlet per 100 anthers cultured. Five crosses with an average of 5.8 and 2.8 percent of anthers producing calli and plantlets, respectively, were compared using anther culture and wheat × maize crosses. Non-responsive genotypes for callus induction and plantlet formation in the anther culture method proved to be good parental material in wheat × maize crosses. The average percentages of embryo formation and plantlet production in wheat × maize crosses were 10.3 and 4.7, respectively. Anther-derived plants were cytologically unstable, whereas all the plants regenerated from wheat × maize crosses were haploids (n = 21 chromosomes). The chromosome numbers of the polyhaploids were doubled with a colchicine treatment. Improvement of the two haploid production methods to facilitate their efficient use in a breeding programme is discussed.     

Comparative analysis of in vitro anther- and isolated microspore culture in hexaploid Triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack) for androgenic parameters

Two haploid induction media (190-0 and W14mi) were tested in isolated microspore culture of two triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack) genotypes. The W14mi medium proved superior for the production of green plantlets in both genotypes. This basic medium (W14) was used to compare two doubled haploid production methods (isolated microspore culture and anther culture) with the same genotypes. The induction of androgenesis was more effective in isolated microspore culture than in anther culture. The number of embryo-like structures was 9.2 times higher in microspore culture (511.0/100 anthers) compared to anther culture (55.5/100 anthers) and the number of regenerant plantlets was also 3.4 times higher (anther culture—20.15/100 anthers; isolated microspore culture—67.6/100 anthers). However, the regenerant plantlets from isolated microspore culture were mainly albinos while predominantly green plantlets were regenerated from anther culture. The production of green plantlets from anther culture (16.8/100 anthers) was 2.9 times higher than from isolated microspore culture (5.8/100 anthers). The efficiency of anther culture was tested with eight winter triticale genotypes. The phenomenon of albinism did not hinder the green plant production in anther culture. Mean green plantlet production was 10.87/100 anthers. This value was two times higher than the number of albinos (5.01/100 anthers) and higher than previously published reports. The anther culture protocol described in this study is an efficient tool for the production of microspore-derived green plantlets in triticale.     

Regeneration of fertile doubled haploid plants from colchicine-supplemented media in wheat anther culture

The effect of colchicine added to induction medium for the production of fertile doubled haploid plants after in‐vitro anther culture was studied in wheat, Triticum aestivum L. For this, one winter and two spring wheat varieties were used. Anther cultures of the three genotypes were treated with 0.03% colchicine for 3 days at the beginning of microspore induction. Colchicine had no significant effect on anther response and embryoid production of the genotypes examined. However, in the winter wheat genotype ‘Mv Szigma’, colchicine caused a significant reduction in microspore‐derived structures. A significant decrease was also observed in plant regeneration ability of two genotypes (‘Vergina’ and ‘Acheloos’) after colchicine treatment. In addition, a significant reduction of the albinos produced was observed in all genotypes after olchicine treatment. In contrast, the regenerants obtained from the colchicine‐supplemented induction media produced significantly higher percentages of fertile plants in all genotypes. However, the level of fertility, was significantly different among the fertile plants obtained. This, together with the observation that in the case of the winter wheat variety the colchicine treatment resulted in 100% completely fertile plants with a high seed‐setting ability indicate that there is space for further improvement of the method when it is applied to spring cultivars. Finally, the increased number of seeds per 100 plated anthers obtained from all three genotypes after colchicine treatment, clearly demonstrates that the addition of colchicine to induction medium was superior to the conventional anther culture method and it could therefore be introduced into wheat breeding programmes.     

Effect of parental genotypes and colchicine treatment on the androgenic response of wheat F1 hybrids

The effect of the parental genotypes and colchicine treatment on the androgenic response of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) F1 hybrids was studied. For this, anthers from three F1 hybrids and their parents were cultured on W14 initiation medium and W14 supplemented with 0.03% colchicine. The number of responding anthers, microspore‐derived structures/100 anthers, green plants/embryos cultured, green plants/100 anthers and albino plants/100 anthers were recorded. It was observed that embryo formation and plant regeneration ability were genetically controlled and genotype dependent. In both treatments the variety Kavkaz had a significantly higher percentage of responding anthers, microspore‐derived structures and green plants/100 anthers than the other genotypes. On the other hand, the variety Myconos also demonstrated high microspore‐derived structure production and green plant regeneration when treated with colchicine. The good response observed in these two varieties indicates the importance of colchicine treatment only for certain genotypes. Green plant production capacity of the hybrids was intermediate to that of the parental varieties. As one parent with a high or even an intermediate response to anther culture could lead to the production of sufficient (for breeding purposes) green plants from the F₁ hybrids, it was concluded that screening the inbred lines for the response to anther culture with and without colchicine treatment could contribute to utilization of breeding material with a low response to anther culture via the proper hybrid combinations.     

基因型和环境条件对小麦花药培养效果的影响

为进一步提高小麦花培育种效率,明确花药培养力的遗传控制基础,以11个小麦品种及其组配的20个F₁杂种为材料,探讨了基因型、培养基和环境条件对愈伤组织诱导率的影响。在W14D、W14gD、W14GD培养基上,Alondra、Verry、石4185、新春9号和百农3217的花药易被诱导产生愈伤组织,诱导率为25.3%~51.9%,其中石4185是目前公认的花培育种优良亲本,新春9号为新发现的优良花培基因型。以宁春4号配制的部分F₁杂种的愈伤组织诱导率较高,大多数组合高于10.0%,表明宁春4号与供试品种间具有较高的花药培养配合力。小麦花培育种技术要求亲本之一具有较高的花药愈伤组织诱导率或较高的花药培养配合力。小麦花药培养力的遗传控制复杂,表现为数量性状遗传,亲本花药培养力很高,其F₁组合花药培养力不一定很高,这与双亲配合力有关。小麦花药培养中,供体植株生长和愈伤组织诱导的适宜条件为较长的营养生长期、适宜的前期(分蘖期)温度和较高的中期(拔节后期)温度。在添加低浓度生长素和葡萄糖的液体培养基中发现小麦花药直接成苗现象,2,4-D诱导花药直接成苗效果优于Dicamba。随着年度间气候升高的影响,相同基因型花药愈伤组织诱导率呈现增加趋势。     

Die Nutzung der Antherenkulturmethode im Zuchtprozeß von Winterweizen

Anther culture in the breeding process of winter wheat. I. Ability of 1B—-1R wheat-rye translocation forms for androgenesis 45 winter wheat varieties or F₁ hybrids, F₂ populations and lines with 1B—1R wheat-rye translocation were tested for their anther culture ability. A total of 48058 anthers was cultured on Potato-2 medium. When averaged over all genotypes and the two experimental years frequencies of embryoid formation of 5.4—6.8 per 100 anthers were observed. Plant regeneration efficiency from embryoids ranged from 5.3—9.1 % or a mean of 4—5 green plants per 1000 anthers plated. The results confirmed the preferential regeneration frequency of gametes with the 1BL—1RS chromosome compared to the gametes with the 1BL—IBS chromosome. Multiple peroxidase were used as marker. The effect of cold pretreatment or of media on the androgenetic response and productivity was not important. On the contrary the variability between the anther response from single ears of the same genotype was noticeable. Examples are presented for the transferability of the androgenetic ability to breeding material. Most green plants obtained were haploid or spontaneous doubled haploid. By cloning it was guaranteed, that progenies were obtained from most of the haploids after colchicine treatment.     

不同世代太谷核不育小麦对花药成株的影响

通过对太谷核不育小麦杂交一代可育株和不育株,及二、三、四代可育株花药的离体培养,结果表明:1.不育株花药培养能够获得植株再生;2.杂交一代的可育株花药出愈率最高,绿苗分化率亦最高;3.基因型对花药出愈率和绿苗分化率有明显的影响.     

Effect of parental genotypes on haploid embryo and plantlet formation in wheat × maize crosses

Genotypic influence of both male and female parents on haploid production through interspecific crosses was studied using eight wheat and four maize genotypes. The average numbers of embryos and green haploid plantlets obtained per pollinated floret were 17.6% and 10.1%, respectively. Clear genotypic influence of the wheat genotype was detected, but heterozygosity of the wheat did not affect haploid production. Analogous response to anther culture and interspecific crossing was observed, still a wheat variety which did not respond to anther culture, produced 1.1 plantlets per pollinated spike upon maize pollination. This appears to be a major advantage of interspecific crossing compared to anther culture technique in wheat. Circumstantial evidence is presented for specific wheat × maize interaction on haploid plantlet formation. Rye chromatin enhanced haploid production but only in a complete 1B/1R substitution line. Ovaries with an embryo were found to be dispersed evenly all over the wheat spike, suggesting that within certain limits the developmental stage of ovaries and thus time of pollination within a spike are not as important as it was previously assumed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

小麦花培育种技术研究

对5个小麦不同组合基因型的F1,F2,F3花药进行培养,结果表明:不同组合基因型在同一杂种世代的花药愈伤组织诱导率、愈伤组织鲜重和绿苗分化率等方面存在较大差异,而同一组合基因型在不同杂种世代的花药愈伤组织诱导率、愈伤组织鲜重和绿苗分化率等方面差异较小。花药愈伤组织诱导率与绿苗分化率具有显著的相关性(r2=0.903)。以石4185为亲本配制的两个组合基因型,在F1,F2,F3都表现出较高的花药愈伤组织诱导率和绿苗分化率,说明石4185是理想的花培育种桥梁亲本。     

小麦不同杂种世代花药脱分化特性研究

对5个小麦不同组合基因型的F1，F2，F3花药进行培养，结果表明：不同组合基因型在同一杂种世代的花药愈伤组织诱导率、愈伤组织鲜重和绿苗分化率等方面存在较大差异，而同一组合基因型在不同杂种世代的花药愈伤组织诱导率、愈伤组织鲜重和绿苗分化率等方面差异较小。花药愈伤组织诱导率与绿苗分化率具有显著的相关性。以石4185为亲本配制的两个组合基因型，在F1，F2，F3都表现出较高的花药愈伤组织诱导率和绿苗分化率，说明石4185是理想的花培育种桥梁亲本。     

Estimation of the Response to Anther Culturing in 60 Genotypes of Different Wheat Species

Sixty genotypes of different wheat species (30 cultivars of common wheat, 12 durum wheat and 18 wild wheat relatives) were estimated for response to anther culturing and capability of plant regeneration. The 4 level of responding anthers out of the total number of anthers cultured was proposed as the criterion for genotype fitness for breeding with the aid of anther culture. Among common wheat cultivars, 13 exceeded this level. Among durum wheat, none of the genotypes investigated exceeded the 4% level. Among other species, 5 cultivars of T. dicoccum as well as T. petropavlovsky and T. dicoccoides spont. exceeded the 4 value.     

Anther-Culture ability in Secale cereale L.

Success in anther culture of rye (Secale cereale L.) has mainly been restricted to genotypes whose genome is partly determined by S. vavilovii Grossh. The aim of this study was to identify true S. cereale genotypes with anther-culture ability. The plant material used included the semi-wild standard genotype SC35, six single crosses of the ‘Petkus’ and 10 of the ‘Carsten’ gene pool, plus a double cross between SC35 and one of the ‘Carsten’ single crosses. Three anther-culture experiments were performed. Several single crosses within the ‘Carsten’ gene pool produced green plants. The ‘Petkus’ single crosses tested did not show anther-culture ability. As expected, the induction and regeneration rates of SC35 were higher than those of all other genotypes tested. The performance of the double cross was intermediate between its parents. The results demonstrate for the first time that anther culture in rye is a valuable tool in plant breeding. The data also show the possibility of transferring anther-culture ability from high- to low-responding genotypes.     

我国部分主推小麦品种组织培养再生能力评价

小麦细胞工程育种和基因工程育种存在强烈的基因型特异性, 从目前推广的优良小麦品种中筛选不同外植体再生能力强的基因型, 对于提高小麦生物技术育种效率和加速育成品种的生产应用具有重要意义。本研究以全国大面积推广的24个优良小麦品种和抗白粉病优良品系CB037为材料, 连续2年进行花药培养、幼胚培养和成熟胚培养, 统计愈伤组织诱导率、愈伤组织分化率和植株再生率, 分析、评价这些小麦品种(系) 3种外植体的组织培养再生性能。结果表明, 25个小麦品种(系)花药、幼胚、成熟胚的植株再生率分别为0~41.75%、2.25%~531.92%和3.24%~84.34%, 基因型差异显著; 组织培养再生能力以幼胚最强(119.79%), 成熟胚其次(36.23%), 花药最弱(4.91%)。CB037的3种外植体组织培养再生效率均最高, 轮选987、扬麦16、内麦836、科农199、新春6号、郑麦366、郑麦9023、新冬20、烟农19和川麦42幼胚培养植株再生能力表现较强, 新春6号、京冬8号、石麦4185、科农199和轮选987成熟胚培养植株再生率较高, 石麦4185和邯6172花药培养绿苗诱导率较高。小麦组织培养效率与基因型和外植体类型密切相关, 不同品种同一外植体再生能力差异显著, 同一品种不同外植体再生能力也存在显著差异, 并且3种外植体的组织培养再生能力不存在相关性。本研究筛选到不同外植体再生能力较好的优良小麦基因型, 可进一步用于小麦转基因育种和单倍体育种。     

Medium-Genotype-Interaction on Androgenetic Haploid Production in Wheat

The present study investigates the effects of media on the rate of green plantlet formation from anther cultures of five different winter and spring wheat cultivars. An increased number of embryos and calli were produced on Ficoll-containing liquid potato-2 medium, whereas the addition of 0.2 M/l maltose increased the rate of regeneration. The genotypes had strong effect on the formation of plantlets, but the developed procedure allows also the regeneration of recalcitrant genotypes. On the best medium sequence, a total of 2430 anthers over all genotypes were plated which developed 1325 macroscopic structures (55 %) of which 159 green plants have developed, i.e. 12 % from the structures and 7 % from the plated anthers, respectively.     

The Response of Anther Culture in a Genetically Wide Material of Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

In a screening experiment with 215 different winter cultivars of Triticum aestivum L. for response in anther culture, pollen embryos or callus were obtained from 200 different cultivars and green plants from 93 different cultivars. On average, from the whole material, 1.3 green plants were obtained per 100 anthers cultured. Variance components estimated from replicates with selected parts of the plant material indicated that for the formation of pollen embryos from anthers, interactions between genotypes and replications were dominating, accounting for 45 to 50 per cent of the variation. Main effects from genotypes were less prominent, accounting for 25 to 30 per cent of the variation, and the replications showed relatively little effect, accounting, for about 4 to 12 per cent of total variation. Regeneration of plants from pollen embryos or callus was not significantly influenced by either genotype or replicates. The frequencies of plants regenerated being green, however, were influenced from both genotype and environments contributing 42.5 and 34.9 per cent of the total variation respectively, while only minor interactions between genotype and environments were indicated for this character.     

Die Nutzung der Antherenkulturmethode im Zuchtprozeß von Winterweizen

The use of anther culture in breeding winter wheat. II. Production of new doubled haploid lines of winter wheat with 1AL—1RS-translocation A total of 4472 anhers was cultured from 8 F¹ populations of winter wheat with the 1AL—1RS wheat-rye translocation cultivar ‘Amigo’ as one of the crossing arents. When averaged over all populations a frequency of embruoid formation of 10% and of regeneration efficiency of green plants of 1% were observed. In addition to the 45 green regenerated plants, 93 albinos were obtained. 44% of the green plantlets had 21 chromosome in root tips and 29% were spontaneous diploids. Multiple peroxidases were used a biochemical markers in the subsequent characterization of the homogeneous breeding material. The electrophoretic patterns showed that 16 doubled haploids without rye chromosome segments were produced. In addition the features of dh₀- plants showed, that several of the new 1AL—1RS-translocation lines were awnless.     

Relative Efficiency of Anther Culture and Chromosome Elimination Techniques for Haploid Induction in Triticale × Wheat and Triticale × Triticale Hybrids

Summary The study was undertaken to evaluate the relative efficiency of anther culture and chromosome elimination (by crosses with maize) techniques of haploid induction in intergenotypic triticale and triticale × wheat hybrids. For this, 15 triticale × wheat and 8 triticale × triticale F₁ hybrids were subjected to anther culture and were also simultaneously crossed with the `Madgran Local' genotype of maize (Zea mays L.) to induce haploids through the chromosome elimination technique. The haploid embryo formation frequency through the chromosome elimination technique was significantly higher in both, triticale × wheat (20.4%) and triticale × triticale (17.0%) F₁ genotypes, as compared to the calli induction frequencies through anther culture (1.6 and 1.4%, respectively). Further, four triticale × wheat and three triticale × triticale F₁ genotypes failed to respond to anther culture, whereas, all the F₁ genotypes formed sufficient number of haploid embryos through the chromosome elimination technique with no recovery of albino plantlets. The haploid plantlet regeneration frequencies were also significantly higher through the latter technique in both triticale × wheat (42.7%) and triticale × triticale (49.4%) F₁s as compared to anther culture (8.2 and 4.0%, respectively), where the efficiency was drastically reduced by several constraints like, high genotypic specificity, low regeneration frequency and albinism. The overall success rates of obtaining doubled haploids per 100 pollinated florets/anthers cultured were also significantly higher through the chromosome elimination technique (1.1% in triticale × wheat and 1.5% in triticale × triticale hybrids), proving it to be a highly efficient and economically more viable technique of haploid induction as compared to anther culture, where the success rates were only 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively.     

Anther and isolated microspore culture response of wheat lines from northwestern and eastern Europe

Hexaploid wheat genotypes from north-western Europe show low responses to current anther culture techniques. This phenomenon was investigated on 145 north-western European wheat lines. Twenty-seven lines from eastern Europe were included to observe the response pattern of wheat from an area, where the technique has been used successfully. On average, eastern European wheat lines produced 3.6 green plants per 111 anthers, while only 1.4 green plants per 111 anthers were obtained in north-western European lines. This difference was due to the high capacity for embryo formation among the eastern European lines, while the ability to regenerate green plants was widespread in both germplasm groups. Isolated wheat microspore culture performed on 85 of these wheat lines gave an average 3.7-fold increase in green plants per anther compared with the anther culture response. The increased recovery of green plants was due to improved plant regeneration and increased green plant percentage from embryos derived from isolated microspore culture.     

Androgenic capability among genotypes of winter and spring barley

Variable efficiency of androgenesis remains a serious problem in many species of cereals. It is still unclear what makes certain genotypes more amenable to androgenesis than others. This study was undertaken to quantify the previously suspected advantage of winter barley genotypes over spring ones with regard to regeneration efficiency in anther culture. The material consisted of 40 barley hybrids originating from Polish breeding companies. The number of androgenic structures per 100 anthers did not differ significantly between analysed groups (119 vs. 152 non‐significant), but the average regeneration of green plants per 100 anthers was five times higher in winter genotypes (6.4 vs. 1.3). The incidence of albinism was lower for the winter than for the spring materials (70% vs. 90%), while the rate of spontaneous chromosome doubling was similar in both groups (58% vs. 56%). The results strongly support the notion that winter genotypes are more amenable to androgenesis and this may be a consequence of their better adaptation to stress conditions.     

Genetic analysis for haploid-regenerations responses of the hexaploid-wheat anther cultures

Genetic variability in response to anther culture was investigated in 49 winter hexaploid wheats, comprising 33 pure lines (F₁₀) derived from a composite cross programme and their 16 parental genotypes. All genotypes were grown in a randomized block design with three replications in a controlled greenhouse. The number of embryoids and total plant regeneration per 100 anthers, as well as the numbers of green and albino plants regenerated per 100 embryoids, were measured. Significant genetic variability was observed among the 49 genotypes for all the traits studied. All traits showed high heritability. Among the genotypes compared, DC²30N and 1BPT-40 gave the best results for the production of embryoids and IBPT-78 had the highest value for the production of green plants. The genotype IBPT-34 developed a large number of albino plants, and it should be useful as a parent in studies to determine the genetic control of albino plants in wheat.