variation in dehydration tolerance, aba sensitivity and related gene expression patterns in d-genome progenitor and synthetic hexaploid wheat lines脱水耐性的变化,aba敏感性和相关基因表达模式d-genome祖和人工合成六倍体小麦.pdfVIP

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 10, 2733-2751; doi:10.3390/ijm OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Molecular Sciences ISSN 1422-0067 /journal/ijms Article Variation in Dehydration Tolerance, ABA Sensitivity and Related Gene Expression Patterns in D-Genome Progenitor and Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat Lines # # Yumeto Kurahashi , Akihiro Terashima and Shigeo Takumi * Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan; E-Mails: 096a512a@stu.kobe-u.ac.jp (Y.K.); at3818@yahoo.co.jp (A.T.) # These authors contributed equally to this work * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: takumi@kobe-u.ac.jp (S.T.); Tel. +81-78-803-5860; Fax: +81-78-803-5859 Received: 22 May 2009; in revised form: 16 June 2009 / Accepted: 16 June 2009 / Published: 18 June 2009 Abstract: The wild wheat Aegilops tauschii Coss. has extensive natural variation available for breeding of common wheat. Drought stress tolerance is closely related to abscisic acid (ABA) sensitivity. In this study, 17 synthetic hexaploid wheat lines, produced by crossing the tetraploid wheat cultivar Langdon with 17 accessions of Ae. tauschii, were used for comparative analysis of natural variation in drought tolerance and ABA sensitivity. Ae. tauschii showed wide natural variation, with weak association between the traits. Drough