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Tracing field hybridization in Ryegrass species using microsatellite and morphological markers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2007

Eimear Ryan ,
Ewen Mullins ,
James Burke ,
Martin Downes  and
Conor Meade
Eimear Ryan
Affiliation:
Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Bioengineering and Agroecology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Ewen Mullins
Affiliation:
Teagasc Crop Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland
James Burke
Affiliation:
Teagasc Crop Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland
Martin Downes
Affiliation:
Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Bioengineering and Agroecology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Conor Meade
Affiliation:
Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Bioengineering and Agroecology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Abstract

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We have assessed the utility of morphological and microsatellite markers for tracing field hybridization between Lolium multiflorum and Lolium perenne in cereal-enclosed gene flow plots. The presence of awns on the inflorescence of F1 hybrids was found to be a reliable, but underscoring, indicator of L. multiflorum paternity in L. perenne derived seed as determined by inheritance of species-specific alleles at the microsatellite locus ‘H01 H06’ in these progeny. A positive correlation was evident in the experimental treatment between the number of pollen donor plants in a given plot and the frequency of hybrid F1 seed harvested from pollen receptor plants in that plot. These experiments have established the utility of naturally occurring heritable markers for the measurement of gene flow rates in field Ryegrass populations, with particular significance for risk assessment modeling of potential gene flow from transgenic grass cultivars.

Keywords

Lolium perenneLolium multiflorumpollen flowgene flowmolecular markersrisk assessment
Type
Research Article
Information
Environmental Biosafety Research , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 111 - 117
Copyright
© ISBR, EDP Sciences, 2007

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