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K/Na ratios have been determined in the leaves of salt-treated plants of 14 disomic substitution lines in which each of the D-genome chromosomes replaces the homoeologous A- or B-genome chromosome in the tetraploid wheat variety Langdon (AABB genome). Aneuploid lines of hexaploid bread wheat (cv Chinese Spring) having a reduced or an enhanced complement of chromosome 4D have also been examined. These investigations show that the gene(s) determining K/Na ratios in the leaves of wheat plants grown in the presence of salt is located on the long arm of chromosome 4D.
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Gorham, J., Hardy, C., Wyn Jones, R.G. et al. Chromosomal location of a K/Na discrimination character in the D genome of wheat. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 74, 584–588 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00288856
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