Evaluating the Madeiran wheat germplasm for aluminum resistance using aluminium...

• Author(s): Santos, Teresa dos ; Laski, Jan ; Carvalho, Miguel Pinheiro de ; Taylor, Gregory ; Vieira, Maria Clemente
• Date: 2005
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/7600
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Aluminum (Al) resistance of 57 Madeiran wheat cultivars was evaluated using callose content in root tips and root elongation as markers. Al induced callose formation was a very sensitive indicator of Al damage detecting wide range of genotypic differences existing in the Madeiran wheat germplasm. A weak, yet positive correlation (R2=0.285, P<0.05) between callose content and root elongation was found. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11738-005-0006-6