WHEAT GENETIC RESOURCES IN RUSSIA: CURRENT STATUS AND PRE-BREEDING

Abstract

One of the largest world wheat collections maintained in a living state at the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry, St. Petersburg, is described, and studies conducted with the collection are reviewed. The history of pre-breeding studies and results of genetic diversity evaluation of wheat samples by means of DNA markers is surveyed.

Keywords

• wheat genetic resources
• vavilov institute wheat collection
• pre-breeding
• molecular markers