AUTHOR=Grewal Surbhi , Guwela Veronica , Newell Claire , Yang Cai-yun , Ashling Stephen , Scholefield Duncan , Hubbart-Edwards Stella , Burridge Amanda , Stride Alex , King Ian P. , King Julie TITLE=Generation of Doubled Haploid Wheat-Triticum urartu Introgression Lines and Their Characterisation Using Chromosome-Specific KASP Markers JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=12 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.643636 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2021.643636 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=
Wheat is one of the most important food and protein sources in the world and although, in recent years wheat breeders have achieved yield gains, they are not sufficient to meet the demands of an ever-growing population. Development of high yielding wheat varieties, resilient to abiotic and biotic stress resulting from climate change, has been limited by wheat’s narrow genetic base. In contrast to wheat, the wild relatives of wheat provide a vast reservoir of genetic variation for most, if not all, agronomic traits. Previous studies by the authors have shown the transfer of genetic variation from