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Spikelet movements, anther extrusion and pollen production in wheat cultivars with contrasting tendencies to cleistogamy

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Title
Spikelet movements, anther extrusion and pollen production in wheat cultivars with contrasting tendencies to cleistogamy
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BMC Plant Biology, March 2021
DOI 10.1186/s12870-021-02917-7
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Urszula Zajączkowska, Bożena Denisow, Barbara Łotocka, Alicja Dołkin-Lewko, Monika Rakoczy-Trojanowska

Abstract

Cleistogamic flowers are a main barrier in pollen dispersal for cross-pollination necessary in wheat hybrid breeding. The aim of our study was to gain new knowledge on the biology of wheat flowering, in particular on the differences between the cleisto- and chasmogamic forms which has certainly cognitive significance, but it can also be used in practice when seeking a female and male ideotypes for cross hybridization. We characterized the most significant features defining the flowering specificity in two wheat cultivars with contrasting tendency to cleistogamy: Piko (chasmogamous) and Dacanto (cleistogamous). In the field observations we assessed diurnal pattern of anther extrusion and anther extrusion capacity. For the first time we adapted the time lapse method for measuring kinetics of the spikelet movement and 3-D image correlation technique for the non-invasive measurements of potential deformations of the spikelet lemmas. We found that the two cultivars differ in the potential of pollen dispersion for-cross-pollination and in the spikelet kinetics. We also described some anatomical traits that can have potential functional role in floret opening. None of the cultivars showed any symptoms of lemma surface deformation. The cleistogamic and chasmogamic wheat cultivars differ significantly in the potential for pollen dispersion for cross-pollination, which is mainly related to anther extrusion capacity. Although none of these features differentiated the cultivars clearly, we assume, based on spikelet kinetics and the lack of lemmas surface deformation, that the water transport and turgor of cells is essential for the floret opening and anther extrusion in wheat. The search for parental ideotype should be supported by marker assisted selection, e.g. based of polymorphisms in genes related to aquaporin biosynthesis.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 2 18%
Unspecified 1 9%
Professor 1 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 9%
Student > Master 1 9%
Other 1 9%
Unknown 4 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 36%
Unspecified 1 9%
Environmental Science 1 9%
Engineering 1 9%
Unknown 4 36%
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