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The frost tolerance of winter wheat is one component of winter hardiness. If seedlings are frost resistant, it means that they can survive the frost effect without any considerable damage. To study the genetic control of frost tolerance, an artificial freezing test was used. Frost tolerance is controlled by an additive-dominance system. The results of diallel analyses indicate the importance of both additive and non-additive gene action in the inheritance of this character. The dominant genes act in the direction of lower frost tolerance and the recessive genes in the direction of a higher level of frost tolerance. The results of monosomic and substitution analyses show that at least 10 of the 21 pairs of chromosomes are involved in the control of frost tolerance and winter hardiness. Chromosomes 5A and 5D have been implicated most frequently. The gene Fr1 (Frost 1 ) was located on the long arm of chromosome 5A. Crosses between cultivars, chromosome manipulation and the induction of somaclonal variation may be suitable methods for broadening the gene pool for frost tolerance.
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Sutka, J. (1994). Genetic control of frost tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). In: Rognli, O.A., Solberg, E., Schjelderup, I. (eds) Breeding Fodder Crops for Marginal Conditions. Developments in Plant Breeding, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0966-6_42
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