Spontaneous hybridisation within Aegilops collection and biobanking of crop wild relatives (CWR)

• Published in: Genetic resources and crop evolution Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 311 - 319
• Main Authors: Holubec, V., Leišová-Svobodová, L., Matějovič, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 02-02-2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Bayesian analysis; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Breeding; Collection; Crops; Data collection; Diversity indices; Genetic resources; Genotypes; Hybridization; Hybrids; Life Sciences; Microsatellites; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Pollinators; Resource conservation; Seed set; Short Communications; Triticeae; Wheat; Wild type; Germplasm collection; Spontaneous hybridisation; Triticeae; Genetic analysis
• ISSN: 0925-9864; 1573-5109
• DOI: 10.1007/s10722-018-0723-5

Collections of crop wild relatives (CWR) are an important part of crop genetic resources. They represent a backup of in situ conservation and provide material for use in research and breeding. They are usually maintained together with crops. Many CWRs are cross pollinators and they need special attention including isolation. Isolation decreases seed set in self-incompatible and highly outcrossing accessions. The annual Triticeae collection in the Czech Genebank was maintained in small row sown plots surrounded by several wheat rows and less related species formed larger blocks. The appeared hybrids were analysed morphologically, genetically and seed set calculated. On the molecular level, 40 microsatellite loci were used to test the samples. Data was evaluated using gene and genotype diversity indices and Bayesian approach to check the presence of genetic introgressions within tested samples. Hybrids with wheat were found mainly within accessions
of Ae. triuncialis
L. (19)
, Ae. crassa
Boiss. (11),
Ae. geniculata
Roth (10),
Ae. neglecta
(Req.) ex Bertol. (9) and
Ae. cylindrica
Host (7). No spontaneous hybrids were noticed within other annual Triticeae genera.