Crosses between octoploid and hexaploid triticales have been made m breeding programs for several years, From an analysis of the progeny of such crosses where selections for an octoploid-like phenotype had been made, it was established that 149 out of 150 lines were hexaploid in chromosome number, C-banding and in situ hybridization demonstrated that all but five of the 62 lines analyzed in detail contained visible chromosomes or segments from the D genome. Only four lines had D-genome chromosome replacing rye chromosomes. All of the remaining 53 D-genome substitutions involved the replacing of wheat chromosomes from either the A or B genomes. This establishes the ease with which D-genome genes can be placed into triticale without the loss of rye chromosomes.
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