The effect of temperature on seed set and embryo development in reciprocal crosses of wheat and barley |
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Authors: | Márta Molnár-Láng József Sutka |
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Institution: | (1) Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-2462 Martonvásár, P.O. Box 19, Hungary |
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Abstract: | Summary The effect of temperature on seed set and embryo development in reciprocal crosses of barley and wheat was assessed in crosses involving two spring barley varieties (Betzes, Martonvásári 50) and one wheat variety (Chinese Spring). Detached tillers placed in nutrient solution were pollinated in controlled environments at constant day-night temperature regimes (12, 15, 18 and 21° C) with a light intensity of 30,000 lux and a relative humidity of 80%. When barley was used as the female, lower temperatures (12 and 15° C) produced the maximum seed set, whereas for the reciprocal cross, the highest temperature (21° C) produced the best seed set in the Chinese Spring × Betzes combination.Low temperature retarded the embryo development. The highest numbers of hybrid plants were produced at 18° C and 21° C in the barley × wheat cross and in the wheat × barley cross, respectively. Embryos of about 1.5 mm length in the barley × wheat cross, and of about 1.0 mm length in the wheat × barley cross germinated successfully. The smallest embryo giving rise to hybrid plants was 0.57 mm in the barley × wheat cross and 0.51 mm in the wheat × barley cross. |
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Keywords: | Triticum aestivum wheat Hordeum vulgare barley intergeneric hybridization influence of temperature embryo development |
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