Embryo and endosperm development in caryopses of hybrids from crosses between tetraploid wheats and their alloplasmic lines with rye

Abstract

Data concerning the embryo and endosperm development in twenty-day-old caryopses of hybrids obtained as the result of pollination with rye pollen of tetraploid wheats (Triticum dicoccoides, T. dicoccum, T. durum and T. polonicum), their alloplasmic lines with T. timopheevi plasma and aIlaplasmic T. timopheevi lines with cytoplasma of the above mentioned tetraploid wheats and hexaploid wheat (T. macha) were analysed. A high variability was noted between the tetraploid wheats as regards the degree of development of the embryo and of the endosperm in the hybrid caryopses and a decisive influence of the wheat genotype on these characters. The data for alloplasmic lines showed that the cytoplasm may have a modifying effect on the expression of these genotype characters.