Wheat is the most important worldwide cereal, yet very few countries have important
research programmes on the in vitro androgenesis and its use in wheat breeding. Only in …

The literature of the last 15 years on hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L. Thell. em.) on in
vitro techniques and more precisely on anther culture, has been discussed in four chapters …

The production of haploid plants from hybrids, followed by chromosome doubling, provides
wheat breeders with a means of accelerating the process of true breeding line development …

Modern hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum Thell em L);(2n= 6x= 42) is an interspecific
hybrid composed of the genomes of three wild grasses which are denoted as A, B, and DT …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum; 2n= 6x= 42, AABBDD) is the most widely-grown cereal crop with a
current average annual production of 750 million tons from an area of 220 million hectares …

The purpose of this manual is to be a useful guide for wheat breeders, geneticists,
biotechnologists, students, and technicians. It will also serve as a reference for the wheat …

The cross from which the doubled haploid wheat variety 'Florin'is derived was made in 1978.
As early as October 1985, after two years of official tests for registration,'Florin'was licensed …

The following procedure for large-scale production of doubled haploids (DH) in wheat at
Svalöf Weibull AB (SW) is based on protocols developed in Sven Bode Andersen's …

An attempt was made to produce doubled haploids on 16 winter wheat and six spring and
winter triticale genotypes thought to carry genes for interspecific incompatibility. The …

Practical breeding programs for self-pollinating crops, such as wheat (Triticum aestivum L., 2
n= 6 x= 42), must include a process of genetic fixation for uniformity of agronomic traits after …