Coordinator's report:Wheat-barley genetic stocks
Coordinator's report:Wheat-barley genetic stocks
A.K.M.R. Islam
Department of Plant Science, Waite Institute, The University of Adelaide,
Glen Osmond, S.A. 5064, Australia.

There is little new information to report for wheat-barley genetic stocks since the last report. Jauhar(1995) reported the production of F1 hybrids between Chinese Spring and Fukuhokomugi wheats and winter barley cv. Luther. The author reportedly observed high pairing (5.08-6.72 chiasmata/cell) in some F1 hybrids involving Fukuhokomugi wheat and he ascribed this partly to wheat-barley homoeologous pairing. Although Jauhar (1995) has not reported any chromosome mosaicism in meiotic cells, he has observed other cytological abnormalities including anaphase bridge and abnormal microspore tetrads as has been reported earlier by Islam et al (1981) in other wheat-barley hybrid combinations.

References :

Jauhar, P.P. 1995. Morphological and cytological characteristics of some wheat x barley hybrids. Theor.Appl.Genet. 90:872-877.