MONOSOMIC ANALYSIS OF FERTILITY RESTORATION IN THREE RESTORER LINES OF WHEAT

Genes conferring fertility restoration, in each of the following three hexaploid restorer lines of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L) carrying cytoplasm of Triticum timopheevi Zhuk, were located using monosomic analyses: [(T. timopheevi × Aegilops squarrosa) × Canthatch3] F7, [(T. timopheevi × Ae. squarrosa) × Dirk3] F6 and (T. timopheevi × Ae. squarrosa) × Karn3] F6.Testcross data revealed that in the Dirk restorer, a major gene (Rf1) conferring fertility restoration was carried on chromosome 1A, while a minor gene (Rf4) was located on chromosome 7D. The restorer line of Canthatch was found to carry a major gene (Rf2) and a minor gene (Rf3) on chromosomes 6B ad 6D respectively. Chromosomes 1A and 6B were found to carry genes for fertility restoration in the Karn restorer. Critical chromosomes carrying genes conferring fertility restoration in each of the three restorer lines were found not to be involved in translocations found in F1 plants of Rescue monosomics × restorer lines. Chromosomes 2A, 6A and 3D...