GENOMIC RELATIONSHIPS OF N-GENOME TRITICUM SPECIES

Induced autotetraploids of Triticum uniaristatum, T. tauschii, and T. umbellulatum were used to study the genomes of the polyploid species T. ventricosum, T. neglecta, and T. recta. The N genome in T. ventricosum is homologous to the N genome in the putative diploid donor T. uniaristatum and has undergone little modification. The D genome in T. ventricosum is also essentially unmodified. The U genome of T. neglecta appears to be unchanged from the U genome of T. umbellulatum. Two of the genomes of T. recta are the same as the genomes in T. neglecta (U and a presumed modified M genome). The presence of a U genome in T. recta has also been independently confirmed. The origin of the third genome in T. recta has not been confirmed.