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Pollen viability as assisted selection in the triticale genetic breeding program

The objective of this study was to analyze the pollen grain viability of 52 triticale genotypes from the 2005 crossing block of the Embrapa Wheat breeding program. The spikes were collected prior to anthesis and cytological analyses were performed upon fixing the anthers from the basal, medium, and apical regions of the spike and replicated three times for each sample. For each slide, about 200 pollen grains were analyzed and they were classified into two different groups: 1) normal or viable and 2) non-viable or abnormal. The obtained data were analyzed and the means were compared by the Duncan test at 5% propability. The results of analysis of variance demonstrated that the differences among the genotypes were highly significant. However, most of the genotypes studied showed a high percentage of normal pollens. Cytological analysis of the pollen grain is potentially useful as assisted selection in a breeding program, especially to decrease the possibility of obtaining sterile plants or plants with less grain production.

Triticosecale Wittmack; cytogenetics; pollen grain


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