PMID- 33663390 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210317 LR - 20210317 IS - 1471-2229 (Electronic) IS - 1471-2229 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Mar 4 TI - Characterization of chromosome constitution in three wheat - Thinopyrum intermedium amphiploids revealed frequent rearrangement of alien and wheat chromosomes. PG - 129 LID - 10.1186/s12870-021-02896-9 [doi] LID - 129 AB - BACKGROUND: Thinopyrum intermedium (2n = 6x = 42) is an important wild perennial Triticeae species exhibiting many potentially favorable traits for wheat improvement. Wheat-Th. intermedium partial amphiploids serve as a bridge to transfer desirable genes from Th. intermedium into common wheat. RESULTS: Three octoploid Trititrigia accessions (TE261-1, TE266-1, and TE346-1) with good resistances to stripe rust, powdery mildew and aphids were selected from hybrid progenies between Th. intermedium and the common wheat variety 'Yannong 15' (YN15). Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and multicolor GISH (McGISH) analyses demonstrated that the three octoploid Trititrigia possess 42 wheat chromosomes and 14 Th. intermedium chromosomes. The 14 alien (Th. intermedium) chromosomes belong to a mixed genome consisting of J-, J(S)- and St-genome chromosomes rather than a single J, J(S) or St genome. Different types of chromosomal structural variation were also detected in the 1A, 6A, 6B, 2D and 7D chromosomes via FISH, McGISH and molecular marker analysis. The identity of the alien chromosomes and the variationes in the wheat chromosomes in the three Trititrigia octoploids were also different. CONCLUSIONS: The wheat-Th. intermedium partial amphiploids possess 14 alien chromosomes which belong to a mixed genome consisting of J-, J(S)- and St- chromosomes, and 42 wheat chromosomes with different structural variations. These accessions could be used as genetic resources in wheat breeding for the transfer of disease and pest resistance genes from Th. intermedium to common wheat. FAU - Cui, Yu AU - Cui Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agriculture University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China. FAU - Xing, Piyi AU - Xing P AD - State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agriculture University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China. FAU - Qi, Xiaolei AU - Qi X AD - Tai'an Academy of Agricultural Science, Tai'an, 271000, China. FAU - Bao, Yinguang AU - Bao Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agriculture University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China. FAU - Wang, Honggang AU - Wang H AD - State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agriculture University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China. FAU - Wang, Richard R-C AU - Wang RR AD - USDA-ARS Forage & Range Research Laboratory, Logan, UT, 84322-6300, USA. FAU - Li, Xingfeng AU - Li X AD - State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agriculture University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, China. lixf@sdau.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - 2016YFD0102000/National Key Research and Development Program of China/ GR - 31671675/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210304 PL - England TA - BMC Plant Biol JT - BMC plant biology JID - 100967807 SB - IM MH - *Chromosomes, Plant MH - Disease Resistance/genetics MH - *Gene Rearrangement MH - Genes, Plant MH - Hybridization, Genetic MH - Plant Breeding MH - Plant Diseases MH - Poaceae/*genetics MH - Polyploidy MH - Triticum/*genetics PMC - PMC7931331 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Amphiploid OT - In situ hybridization OT - Molecular markers OT - Th. Intermedium COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests. EDAT- 2021/03/06 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/18 06:00 PMCR- 2021/03/04 CRDT- 2021/03/05 05:38 PHST- 2020/11/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/03/05 05:38 [entrez] PHST- 2021/03/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/03/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12870-021-02896-9 [pii] AID - 2896 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12870-021-02896-9 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Plant Biol. 2021 Mar 4;21(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s12870-021-02896-9.