Pre-harvest sprouting resistance the varieties of soft wheat

  • О. М. Радченко
  • М. О. Дикун
  • Л. В. Сірант

Abstract

Aim. Search for sources of pre-harvest sprouting resistance to improve wheat breeding. Methods. Index germination (GI) calculated by the Walker-Simmons (1988): GI = (7xn1 + 6xn2 + ... + 1xn7) / 7 x N. Falling number determined on the «Falling number». Results. All wheat samples divided on the 2 groups: unstable – 7 samples and resistant – 17 samples. Average germination index of the samples of wheat in 2015 was 0.41. Conclusions. We found 11 resistant wheat varieties.

Keywords: bread wheat, falling number, germination index.