In hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (AABBDD, C=17 000 Mb), repeat DNA accounts for approximately 90% of the genome, of which transposable elements (TEs) constitute 60%-80%. Despite the dynamic evolution of TEs, our previous study indicated that the majority of TEs are conserved and collinear between the homologous wheat genomes, based on identical insertion patterns. In this study, we exp...

Some abnormal growth phenotypes including hybrid necrosis are often observed in F1 hybrids (genome constitution, ABD, 2n=21) and synthetic hexaploid wheat lines (AABBDD, 2n=42) which were artificially produced by crossing between tetraploid wheat (AABB, 2n=28) and Ae. tauschii (DD, 2n=14). The hybrid necrosis phenotypes are generally divided into type I and type II necrosis. In the hybrid plant...

Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB), a disease caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum, is threat to wheat (Triticum aestivum) production worldwide. Multiple inverse gene-for-gene interactions involving recognition of effectors (NEs) sensitivity genes play major roles in causing SNB. One interaction involves gene Snn3 and P. NE SnTox3. Here, we used map-based strategy clon...

Timing of flowering is a reproductive trait that has significant impact on fitness in plants. In contrast to recent advances in understanding the molecular basis of floral transition, few empirical studies have addressed questions concerning population processes of flowering time diversification within species. We analyzed chloroplast DNA genealogical structure of flowering time variation in ce...

in order to investigate the effect of phosphorus fertilizer and spraying fe chellat in micronutrients absorption rate, rate of proline and soluble carbohydrates in bread wheat and some of its ancestral species in dryland condition, a factorial experiment was conducted with three factors consist of: p fertilizer (in two levels), spraying fe chellat (in two levels) and different species of wheat ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The diploid goat grass Aegilops tauschii (2n = 2x = 14) is native to the Middle East and is the D-genome donor to hexaploid bread wheat. The aim of this study was to measure the diversity of different subspecies and varieties of wild Ae. tauschii collected across the major areas where it grows in Iran and to examine patterns of diversity related to the taxa and geography. ...

Triticum tauschii) (Thomas and Conner, 1986; Whelan and Thomas, 1989) and the Cmc2 gene transferred to To diversify the genetic base of resistance in wheat (Triticum aesti6D from Agropyron elongatum (Host). Beauv. (Martin vum L.) to the wheat curl mite (WCM), Aceria tosichella Keifer, resiset al., 1976; Whelan and Hart, 1988). An unnamed gene tance to this pest was transferred from the dipolid ...