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Novel barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) germplasm resistant to acidic soil

J. S. Moroni A D , K. Sato B , B. J. Scott A , M. Conyers C , B. J. Read C , R. Fisher C and G. Poile C
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A School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.

B Barley Germplasm Centre, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan.

C Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Industry and Investment NSW, Private Mail Bag, Pine Gully Road, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: smoroni@csu.edu.au

Crop and Pasture Science 61(7) 540-553 https://doi.org/10.1071/CP10003
Submitted: 4 January 2010  Accepted: 21 April 2010   Published: 6 July 2010

Abstract

Improving the resistance of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to acidic soils is an important goal of several barley breeding programs around the world. The identification and utilisation of novel barley sources resistant to aluminium (Al) may provide a significant and rapid advance towards that goal. Barley standards and screening protocols for selecting barley germplasm resistant to Al in nutrient solution and acidic soil were reevaluated. The assays used were quantitative in nature and were suitable for genotypic- and seedling-based selections. Although there was a broad agreement between the solution culture assays and soil assays in the ranking of genotypes it obscured the fact that misclassification of genotypes is common. Brindabella was shown to be better suited than Dayton (the current barley standard resistant to Al) as the Australian standard for resistance to acidic soils. A seedling-based Al pulse-recovery assay and an acidic soil assay were used to characterise 41 genotypes from the South and East Asian Barley Core Collection (SEA-BCC). In addition, in the acidic soil assays several standard barley and wheat genotypes were included. Three SEA-BCC genotypes were more resistant than Dayton to acidic soil while several others were similar to Dayton. The most resistant SEA-BCC genotypes Honen, Ohichi and Zairai Tanbo were of Japanese origin. Misclassification of barley genotypes and wheat genotypes for resistance to soil acidity between solution culture and acid soil assay provided strong evidence for the unsuitability of solution culture assay. Although in solution culture several barley genotypes were sensitive relative to wheat, in acidic soil they were not different from wheat. While the quest for resistant barley to acidic soils similar or better than resistant wheat still continues, it may be an unnecessary endeavour.

Additional keywords: aluminium tolerance, genotypic differences.


Acknowledgements

This research was funded by NSW Department of Primary Industries (now Industry and Investment NSW) through the Acid Soil Action Initiative (ASA project SR 97:A10). The assistance with plant harvesting provided by Catherine Evans and Ray Cowley is gratefully acknowledged. Seed samples were kindly supplied by Mr Michael Mackey of the Australian Winter Cereal Seed Collection, NSW-DPI, Tamworth, Dr Peter Martin, NSW-DPI, Wagga Wagga and Dr E. Delhaize, PI, CSIRO, Canberra. The GEOCHEM-PC software was kindly provided by Dr David R. Parker, University of California, Riverside.


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