Genetics of crinkled leaf in Triticum aestivum L. and hairy peduncle in triticale

Abstract

Morphological markers are useful in basic and applied genetic studies and for constructing linkage maps. However, for constructing linkage maps, a sufficiently large number of distinct morphological traits are required. Several morphological characters for various plant parts, such as leaf. stem, spike, kernels, peduncle etc. have been reported in wheat and triticale [1]. Yet only a few genetic markers at morphological level are known [2J. Induced mutagenesis has been effectively used in several crops to produce mutant phenotypes. however, the frequency of induced mutagenesis is not very high in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and triticale both being hexaploids.