Abstract
A combination of increased harvest index and increased seed number per plant may improve wheat yield. We found an accession Triticum durum Desf. var. ramosoobscurum Jakubz. “Vetvistokoloskaya” R-107, whose plant height was short and spike was branched. To characterize R-107, we mapped the genes for semi-dwarfism and branched spike. Semi-dwarf gene Rht_R107 (Reduced height R107) from R-107 was allelic to Rht11 and Rht-B1b on chromosome 4BS. Rht_R107, as well as Rht11, was recessive and insensitive to gibberellic acid. Microsatellite mapping indicated that Rht_R107 was linked to Xwmc48 (1.2 cM) on chromosome 4BS, and Rht11 was also linked to Xgwm495 marker (19.4 cM) on chromosome 4BS. The locus responsible for branched spike in R-107 was mapped by genotyping three F2 populations using microsatellite markers. Phenotypic analysis revealed that branched spike was under control of a recessive allele at a single locus. The bh (branched head) locus was located on chromosome 2AS and the marker Xgwm425 flanked the bh gene proximally.
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