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During the past 15 years more than 10,000 doubled haploid (DH) wheat lines have been produced in the Cereal Research Non-Profit Company. In a special programme, DH analogues were evaluated in yield trials in 2 locations over two successive generations. Grain yield, variability and quality traits were measured. The adaptability of the doubled haploid forms were tested in four locations under 16 different environments. The tests were supplemented by cytological and RAPD analyses.
No significant differences were found for grain yield, agronomic value, genetic variability, quality, and genetic stability between the original strains and their doubled haploid versions under the two different locations, over the two seasons. The adaptability of the positively selected doubled haploid lines proved to be slightly better than that of the original lines.
The conclusion was drawn that doubled haploid lines coming from anther culture were comparable in agronomic point of view, adaptability and genetic stability to those produced by conventional ways. Haploid breeding can be an effective tool in breeding and in variety maintenance.
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Kertész, Z. et al. (2001). Utilization of the Anther Culture in Wheat Breeding and Seed Production. In: Bedö, Z., Láng, L. (eds) Wheat in a Global Environment. Developments in Plant Breeding, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3674-9_69
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