Sixteen mutant lines tolerant to Al3+ toxicity in nutrient solutions, and a mutant line, sensitive to Al3+ originated from selections of a population of the cultivar Anahuac (sensitive to Al3+) previously submitted to gamma irradiation (260 and 310Gy), and the check cultivars Anahuac, IAC-24 and IAC-60, were evaluated in two locations and six trials, for grain yield, agronomic characteristics and tolerance to acid soils. ln Capão Bonito, in an acid soil and upland conditions, fifteen mutant lines presented higher grain yield in comparison to the cultivar Anahuac and the Al3+ sensitive mutant line. The cultivar IAC-60 exhibited the highest productivity. ln Tatuí, in a limed soil, sprinkler irrigated, no difference was observed in grain yield among the tested genotypes. Gamma irradiation of seeds of the Anahuac cultivar was efficient to select mutant lines with similar agronomic characteristics (plant height, days from emergence to flowering, spike length, number of spiklets per spike, number of grains per spike and spiklet, and weight of 100 grains) in relation to the cultivar Anahuac, presenting however tolerance to Al3+ toxicity, which enables them to be cutivated in acid soil conditions.
Triticum aestirem; Wheat; breeding; mutant; gamma irradiation; acid soils; Triticum aestiviem; genotypes