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Genetics of Hordeum chilense – Current Status
Author(s) -
Fernández J. A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1989.tb00308.x
Subject(s) - biology , triticeae , hybrid , hordeum , chromosome , botany , poaceae , hordeum vulgare , genetics , gene , genome
Hordeum chilense , a South‐American wild barley, is being used in cereal breeding because of its good crossability with both wild and cultivated Triticeae species. Amphiploids and chromosome addition lines of H. chilense in common and durum wheats have been obtained as a means to transfer desirable agronomic characters from wild barley to wheat. No allosyndetic pairing has been detected in diverse hybrids involving H. chilense . Several biochemical markers have been associated with the seven chilense chromosome pairs. New approaches are necessary to transfer genes from H. chilense to cereals.