Abstract
Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV), vectored by the wheat curl mite (WCM), is one of the most important viral diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum) in the world. Genetic resistance to WSMV and the WCM does not exist in wheat. Resistance to WSMV and the WCM was evaluated in five different partial amphiploids namely Agrotana, OK7211542, ORRPX, Zhong 5 and TAF 46, which were derived from hybrids of wheat with decaploid Thinopyrum ponticum or with hexaploid Th. intermedium. Agrotana was shown to be immune to WSMV and the WCM; the other four partial amphiploids were susceptible to the WCM. Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) using genomic DNA probes from Th. elongatum (EE, 2n=14), Th. bessarabicum (JJ, 2n=14), Pseudoroegneria strigosa (SS, 2n=14) and T. aestivum (AABBDD, 2n=42) demonstrated that three of the partial amphiploids, Agrotana, OK7211542 and ORRPX, have almost identical alien genome constitutions: all have 16 alien chromosomes, with 8 chromosomes being closely related to the Js genome and 8 chromosomes belonging to the E or J genomes and no evidence of any S-genome chromosomes. GISH confirmed that the alien genomes of Agrotana and OK7211542, like ORRPX, were all derived from Th. ponticum, and not from Th. intermedium. However, in contrast to Agrotana, ORRPX and OK7211542 were susceptible to the WCM and WSMV. The partial amphiploid Zhong 5 had a reconstituted alien genome composed of 4 S-and 4 Js-genome chromosomes of Th. intermedium with 6 translocated chromosomes between the S and Js genomes. This line was highly resistant to WSMV, but was susceptible to the WCM. TAF 46, which contained a synthetic genome consisting of 3 pairs of S-genome chromosomes and 4 pairs of E- or J-genome chromosomes in addition to the 21 pairs of wheat chromosomes, was susceptible to the WCM, but moderately resistant to WSMV. Agrotana offers great potential for transferring WSMV and WCM resistance into wheat.
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