Substitution of Hordeum marinum ssp. gussoneanum chromosome 7HL into wheat homoeologous group-7

Ditelosomic (Dt) 7HL^mar(7D) and monotelosomic (Mt) 7HL^mar(7A) and 7HL^mar(7B) wheat–barley substitution lines were developed by crossing monosomic 7A, 7B and 7D lines of common wheat cv. Saratovskaya 29 with disomic wheat–barley addition lines (2n = 44) that carry telocentric chromosomes 7HL^mar from Hordeum marinum ssp. gussoneanum 4×. Genomic in situ hybridisation confirmed the presence of barley chromosomes in the wheat genome. The compensating ability of the telosome in each combination was assessed by its transmission rate to progenies of plants with 2n = 41 + t chromosomes. Seed set and transmission rates of the telosome depended on the identity of the competing wheat homoeologue. Of the three chromosomes wheat, the telosome 7HL^mar compensated better for chromosome 7D and poorly for 7B. These and other data are discussed with respect to the phylogenetic relationships between the wheat chromosomes of group 7 and the chromosome of H. marinum, and the practical utility of these lines for wheat improvement is evaluated.