Alien Chromatin from Hordeeae Grasses Enhances the Compatibility of Epichloe Endophyte Symbiosis with the Hexaploid Wheat Triticum aestivum.

ABSTRACT: The inoculation of Epichloë endophytes into modern cereals, resulting in systemic infection, depends on the genetics of both the host and the endophyte strain deployed. Until very recently, the only modern cereal to have been infected with Epichloë, in which normal phenotype seed-transmitted associations were achieved, is rye (Secale cereale). Whilst minor in-roads have been achieved in infecting hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum), the phenotypes of these associations have all been extremely poor, including host death and stunting. To identify host genetic factors that may impact the compatibility of Epichloë infection in wheat, wheat-alien chromosome addition/substitution lines were inoculated with Epichloë, and the phenotypes of infected plants

SUBMITTER: Simpson WR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11204924 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature