Genetic Resources of the WGRC
This list below contains items maintained or available from the WGRC gene bank.
Wild Wheat Germ Plasm (classification according to van Slageren)
The WGRC wild wheat germplasm is now searchable through the GENESYS web site.
- Triticum species
- Aegilops species
- Dasypyrum villosum
- Genetic Stocks
- Chinese Spring Deletion Lines
- Tables of breakpoints and fraction lengths and ideograms.
- Wheat-Alien Translocation Lines
- Descriptions of wheat-alien chromosome translocation lines including data on alien target genes, size, mode of transfer, and type. NOTE: not all lines are maintained in the WGRC seed bank.
- Germplasm Releases from the WGRC
- A listing of the 66 germplasm lines released by the Wheat Genetics Resource Center.
- Field plot data for WGRC germplasm releases and parental cultivars.
- CIMMYT Durum Wheat/Aegilops tauschii Synthetic Lines
- A listing of the 95 ELITE and ELITE 2 synthetic lines, their pedigrees, and the Ae. tauschii parent.
- Material Transfer Agreement
- All requests from the WGRC gene and probe banks are accompanied by this MTA.
- Links to other sources of Wheat Genetic Resources.
Genomic Characterization of the WGRC Collection and Wild Relative Introgression Germplasm
The genebank of the Wheat Genetics Resource Center holds over 2,200 accessions of wild wheat relatives and 12,000 genetic stocks including introgression lines and mapping populations. This vast resource can provide valuable raw material for the future of wheat improvement, but systematic and efficient approaches to unlocking this ‘genetic gold mine’ are needed. We have previously implemented systematic genotyping of the wild wheat collection to 1) curate accessions and defined duplicates, 2) access overall genetic diversity and 3) defined optimized core sets of material with minimal number of accessions capturing a large amount of the total diversity. To date this analysis has been completed for important portions of the collection including Ae. tauschii and the tetraploid AB genome species. It is an important goal of the center to have a collection that is completely characterized genetically and well-defined core sets of material for targeted future work and germplasm development.
Wild Wheat Introgression into Adapted Germplasm
WGRC I/UCRC use core collections of wild relatives to develop introgression populations in adapted winter wheat cultivars. These populations are genotyped and being characterized by the WGRC I/UCRC teams for quality, disease resistance, phenology and development traits.
