Effects of genotypes on wheat anther culture

In this study, the anther culture ability of F1 genotypes with the same single parent wsa compared among several groups of combination for detecting the influence of genotypes on wheat anther culture ability. The results showed that among groups of combination with the same single parent, the rate of callus induction, production of green plantlets, rate of differentiated plantlets and differentiated albinos would be affected greatly when the other parent was different. The rate of callus induction of some combinations were low and even to 0, but other combinations with the same single parent had higher callus induction rate. The production of green plantlets had the same trend with the rate of callus induction. However, for some combinations, the rates of callus induction were higher along with the lower green plantlets. In brief, there was no obvious regularity between the rates of callus induction and production of green plantlets. On the other hand, the most combinations had higher rate of differentiated plantlets than the rate of differentiated albinos, but some combinations had high rate of differentiated albinos with low rate of differentiated plantlets. It indicated that different combinations had different ability to differentiate plantlets and albinos. Thus, the combinations with high rate of differentiated plantlets and low rate of differentiated albinos should be applied in wheat anther culture.