Production and characterization of a disomic 1M/1D Triticum aestivum-Aegilops comosa substitution line

PI 554419, formerly designated as Ae. uniaristata, showed significant difference with other Ae. uniaristata and Ae. comosa accessions in morphological traits at the seedling stage and its leaf color, length, and width behaved as an intermediate type. In this study, we reclassified PI 554419 as Ae. comosa subsp. comosa by comparing the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) signals and the patterns of PCR-based landmark unique gene (PLUG) markers and conserved orthologous set (COS) markers of PI 554419 with other Ae. uniaristata and Ae. comosa accessions as well as the taxonomic character of spike morphology. A disomic 1M/1D substitution line NB 4-8-5-9 derived from PI 554419 was identified from a distant hybridization of Ae. comosa with common wheat (STM 10/CSph1b//CM 39///13 P2-6) by the molecular cytological method. Furthermore, the agronomic and seed morphological traits, as well as the flour processing quality properties of NB 4-8-5-9, were compared with those of its three common wheat parents in two different locations during the 2017-2018 growing seasons. The agronomical traits of NB 4-8-5-9 were similar to or even better than its parents. The seed size-related traits of NB 4-8-5-9 were better than those of all three parents, and the 1000-grain weight and grain width were close to those of Chuanmai 39 (CM 39) and 13 P2-6 and larger than those of CSph1b. The processing quality properties of NB 4-8-5-9 were more similar to those of 13 P2-6 and CSph1b but less similar to those of CM 39. The 1M/1D substitution line NB 4-8-5-9 could further be used for developing translocation lines with 1M segment.

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The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-021-01207-2.