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Inheritance and chromosome location of Alp , a gene controlling aluminum tolerance in ‘Dayton’ barley
Author(s) -
Minella E.,
Sorrells M. E.
Publication year - 1997
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.1439-0523.1997.tb01032.x
Subject(s) - biology , genetics , chromosome , ploidy , allele , gene , hordeum vulgare , centromere , microbiology and biotechnology , poaceae , botany
Aluminum (Al) toxicity is a major limiting factor in acid soils and more adequate genetic tolerance is needed to improve barley adaptation and production in affected regions. To study the inheritance and chromosome location of the Alp gene controlling Al tolerance in ‘Dayton’ barley the primary trisomics of sensitive ‘Shin Ebisu 16’ were crossed to ‘Dayton’. Parental, F 1 and F 2 seedlings were grown in nutrient solution containing 0.03, 0.06 and 0.09mM Al. and classified for tolerance by haematoxylin staining of the roots. In diploid F 2 progeny, Alp was inherited as a single gene, dominant at 0.06mM and recessive at 0.09 mM concentrations, as indicated by the 3:1 and 1:3 (tolerant: sensitive) segregation ratios, respectively. Segregation of the trisomic Frderived F 2 seedlings at 0.06mM Al deviated significantly from the 3:1 only for the triplo 4/‘Dayton’ cross. Data for this cross fit the expected trisomic ratios, indicating that the Alp gene is distally located from the centromere on chromosome 4. These results confirm that tolerance is simply inherited, but expression of tolerance is dependent on Al concentration and allele dose.