Aegilops tauschii (2n=2x=14), the D-genome donor is closest progenitor to modern wheat representing a large proportion of unexplored genetic variation. Flourishing in adverse climatic conditions it can be utilized improvement programmes. We targeted develop and characterize primary synthetics amphiploids from nine different accessions Ae. one Triticum durum cv. PBW114 through spontaneous chromo...

The utility of mining DNA sequence data to understand the structure and expression of cereal prolamin genes is demonstrated by the identification of a new class of wheat prolamins. This previously unrecognized wheat prolamin class, given the name δ-gliadins, is the most direct ortholog of barley γ3-hordeins. Phylogenetic analysis shows that the orthologous δ-gliadins and γ3-hordeins form a dist...

The wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr1 encodes a typical coiled-coil nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (CC-NBS-LRR) of protein containing 1 344 amino acids. WR003, cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) marker is derived from the LRR regions Lr1. In this study, worldwide collection 120 Aegilops tauschii accessions and 282 hexaploid varieties was screened for alleles using spec...