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Progenies of a tetraploid 1BL/1RS wheat-rye translocation line, CV 256, selected from the cross ‘Cando’ x ‘Veery’, were analyzed by means of Giemsa C-banding. CV 256 is cytologically stable for the presence of the 1BL/1RS translocation but still segregating for A- and B-genome chromosomes of ‘Cando’ and ‘Veery’. In CV 256, nucleolar activity of the 1RS NOR locus is suppressed, as judged by the absence of a secondary constriction in that rye segment and the capability of organizing nucleoli. PAGE analysis of prolamins confirmed the presence of two 1RS secalins in all single seeds analyzed. SDS-PAGE analysis of reduced glutenins of single seeds indicated that some seeds contained the ‘Cando’ Glu-B1 locus (subunits 6+8), some contained the ‘Veery’ Glu-B1 locus (subunits 7+9) while others contained all four subunits, indicating that the material was heterozygous. Pm8 resistance is expressed in the tetraploid 1BL/1RS translocation line based on the reactions of six well-defined powdery mildew isolates. However, Pm8 resistance is not expressed in the hexaploid wheat cultivars ‘Olymp’, ‘Heinrich’ and ‘Florida’, which also contain the 1BL/1RS translocation. Obviously, the existence of the 1BL/1RS translocation is not a proof for the expression of the associated genes. PAGE results did not show a clear linkage between powdery mildew resistance and the presence of 1RS secalins.
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Friebe, B., Heun, M. & Bushuk, W. Cytological characterization, powdery mildew resistance and storage protein composition of tetraploid and hexaploid 1BL/1RS wheat-rye translocation lines. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 78, 425–432 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00265307
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