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Introgression of genes from bread wheat enhances the aluminium tolerance of durum wheat.

KEY MESSAGE: The aluminium tolerance of durum wheat was markedly enhanced by introgression of TaALMT1 and TaMATE1B from bread wheat. In contrast to bread wheat, TaMATE1B conferred greater aluminium tolerance than TaALMT1. Durum wheat (tetraploid AABB, Triticum turgidum) is a species that grows poorly on acid soils due to its sensitivity of Al(3+). By contrast, bread wheat (hexaploid AABBDD, T. aestivum) shows a large variation in Al(3+) tolerance which can be attributed to a major gene (TaALMT1) located on chromosome 4D as well as to other genes of minor effect such as TaMATE1B. Genotypic variation for Al(3+) tolerance in durum germplasm is small and the introgression of genes from bread wheat is one option for enhancing the ability of durum wheat to grow on acid soils. Introgression of a large fragment of the 4D chromosome previously increased the Al(3+) tolerance of durum wheat demonstrating the viability of transferring the TaALMT1 gene to durum wheat to increase its Al(3+) tolerance. Here, we used a ph1 (pairing homoeologous) mutant of durum wheat to introgress a small fragment of the 4D chromosome harboring the TaALMT1 gene. The size of the 4D chromosomal fragment introgressed into durum wheat was estimated by markers, fluorescence in situ hybridisation and real-time quantitative PCR. In a parallel strategy, we introgressed TaMATE1B from bread wheat into durum wheat using conventional crosses. Both genes separately increased the Al(3+) tolerance of durum wheat in both hydroponics and soil cultures. In contrast to bread wheat, the TaMATE1B gene was more effective than TaALMT1 in increasing the Al(3+) tolerance of durum wheat grown on acid soil.

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