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Effect Of Triticum Turgidum Cytoplasm On Test Weight Of Soft Red Winter Wheat, Juan Mayta, Robert Bacon, John Kelly, Edward Gbur
Effect Of Triticum Turgidum Cytoplasm On Test Weight Of Soft Red Winter Wheat, Juan Mayta, Robert Bacon, John Kelly, Edward Gbur
Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
The effect of Triticum turgidum cytoplasm on soft red winter wheat (T. aestivum) was studied relative to test weight (bushel weight) and agronomic traits such as heading date, resistance to leaf rust, and plant color. The cytoplasmic effects were studied in three genetic backgrounds by crossing the cultivars Jackson, Pioneer 2684, and Wakefield with a plant introduction PI590277 that carried T. turgidum cytoplasm. Twelve alloplasmic and euplasmic populations were developed through a backcrossing procedure. The study used a micro test weight procedure to compare F4 lines within the populations for test weight. The data for other agronomic traits were taken …