Determining the Efficacy of a Hybridizing Agent in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

ABSTRACT: Hybrid wheat (Triticum spp.) has the potential to boost yields and enhance production under changing climates to feed the growing global population. Production of hybrid wheat seed relies on male sterility, the blocking of pollen production, to prevent self-pollination. One method of preventing self-pollination in the female plants is to apply a chemical hybridizing agent (CHA). However, some combinations of CHA and genotypes have lower levels of sterility, resulting in decreased hybrid purity. Differences in CHA efficacy are a challenge in producing hybrid wheat lines for commercial and experimental use. Our primary research questions were to estimate the levels of sterility for wheat genotypes treated with a CHA and determine the best way to analyze differences. We applied the CHA sintof

SUBMITTER: Easterly AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934762 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature