Annals of Botany 89: 579-585, 2002
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Developmental Traits Affecting Low-temperature Tolerance Response in Near-isogenic Lines for the Vernalization Locus Vrn-A1 in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)
0Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A8
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Received: 11 October 2001; Returned for revision: 22 November 2001; Accepted: 5 February 2002.
Investigation of low-temperature (LT) tolerance in cereals has commonly led to the region of the vrn-A1 vernalization gene or its homologue in related genomes. Two cultivars, one a non-hardy spring wheat and one a very cold-hardy winter wheat, whose growth habits are determined by the Vrn-A1 (spring habit) and vrn-A1 (winter habit) alleles, were chosen to produce reciprocal near-isogenic lines (NILs). These lines were then used to determine the relationship between rate of phenological development and the degree and duration of LT tolerance gene expression. Each allele was isolated in the genetic backgrounds of the non-hardy spring wheat ‘Manitou’ and the very cold-hardy winter wheat ‘Norstar’. The effects of each allele on phenological development and low-temperature tolerance (LT50) were determined at regular intervals over a 4 °C acclimation period of 0–98 d. The vegetative/reproductive transition, as determined by final leaf number (FLN), was found to be a major developmental factor influencing LT tolerance. Possession of a vernalization requirement increased both the length of the vegetative growth phase and LT tolerance. Similarly, increased FLN in spring Norstar and winter Manitou NILs delayed their vegetative/reproductive transition and increased their LT tolerance relative to Manitou. Although the winter Manitou NILs had a lower FLN than the spring Norstar NILs, they were able to extend their vegetative stage to a similar length by increasing the phyllochron (interval between the appearance of successive leaves). Cereal plants have four ways of increasing the length of the vegetative phase, all of which extend the time that low-temperature tolerance genes are more highly expressed: (1) vernalization; (2) photoperiod responses; (3) increased leaf number; and (4) increased length of the phyllochron.
Key words: Low-temperature tolerance, Vrn-A1, near-isogenic lines, developmental regulation, vernalization, Triticum aestivum L., wheat.
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