AU - T. Mahmoodi-Ghehsareh, AU - B. E. Sayed-Tabatabaei, AU - C. Ghobadi, AU - A. Mirlohi, TI - A Comparison between Wheat and Maize Cross and Anther Culture Method for Production of Wheat Haploid Plants PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - JCPP JN - JCPP VO - 8 VI - 3 IP - 3 4099 - http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-320-en.html 4100 - http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-320-en.pdf SO - JCPP 3 AB  - The significance of haploid plants as genetic and plant breeding tools has been recognized for a long time. Haploid production techniques including anther culture, isolated microspore culture and intergeneric hybridization between wheat × Hordeum bulbosum and wheat × maize have been used to produce homozygous lines which accelerate breeding programs. In this study, wheat × maize hybridization and anther culture techniques were used for haploid production in six wheat genotypes. The results showed that 70.7% of regenerated plants through anther culture were albino plants and only 29.2 % were green, while the plants produced through wheat × maize method were all green. Ploidy variation was not observed in plants regenerated through wheat × maize hybridization. It was concluded that wheat × maize crosses would be an appropriate and practical method for haploid production in different wheat genotypes, which in comparison with the anther culture method has a higher efficiency. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - JCPP PG - 45 PT - Research YR - 2004