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We observed pairing, when the ph gene was present, between wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell.) chromosome 4B, and an Agropyron intermedium (Host) Beauv. chromosome (Ai) carrying a gene resistant to wheat streak mosaic (WSM). In a monosomic addition polyhaploid [2n = 22 = 19' + 5B' (ph) + 4B' + Ai'], we recorded an average of 4.1 bivalents and 0.3 trivalents per cell. Induced homoeologous pairing was most effective when both 5B chromosomes carrying ph gene were present. Our data suggest that chromosome 4B of wheat and the Agropyron chromosome (Ai) carrying a gene for resistance to WSM are homoeologous and that it is possible to use either ph mutant or nullisomic 5B stock to induce genetic recombination between the two chromosomes.
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Communicated by F. Mechelke
Contribution No. 1657-j, Kansas State Agric. Expt. Sta., Manhattan, KS. The research is partially supported by a grant from Kansas Wheat Commission
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Wang, R.C., Liang, G.H. & Heyne, E.G. Effectiveness of ph gene in inducing homoeologous chromosome pairing in agrotricum. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 51, 139–142 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273826
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