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An assessment of the salt tolerance of wheat/ Thinopyrum bessarabicum 5E b addition and substitution lines
Author(s) -
King I. P.,
Orford S. E.,
Cant K. A.,
Reader S. M.,
Miller T. E.
Publication year - 1996
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.1439-0523.1996.tb00876.x
Subject(s) - biology , substitution (logic) , chromosome , salt (chemistry) , genetics , botany , gene , chemistry , computer science , programming language
Lines of Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring carrying an additional chromosome 5E b from Thinopyrum bessarabicum or having chromosome 5A or 5D replaced by chromosome 5E b were screened in hydroculture for tolerance to salt. The previously reported tolerance of the 5E b addition line was confirmed and the two substitution lines were shown to have a higher level of survival in 175 mol/m 3 NaCl than both the addition and the ‘Chinese Spring’ parent. Reasons for the better tolerance of the substitutions are discussed.