TABLE 2.
Summary of number of seeds germinated and produced along with the number of crosses carried out and cross fertility in relation to the number of plants genotyped for each generation of the introgression program for Ae. caudata into wheat.
| Seeds sown | Plants grown to maturity | Germination rate (%) | Crosses made | Cross fertility (%) | Crossed seeds produced | Seeds/Cross | Self-fertilized seeds produced | Plants genotyped | Plants with Ae. caudata chromatin | |
| Wheat × Ae. Caudata | – | – | – | 49 | 43 | 165 | 3.4 | – | – | – |
| F1 | 48 | 36 | 75 | 161 | 5 | 9 | 0.06 | – | 0 | – |
| BC1 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 76 | 29 | 42 | 0.6 | – | 3 | 3 |
| BC2 | 14 | 11 | 50 | 44 | 65 | 187 | 4.3 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| BC3 | 38 | 28 | 74 | 98 | 87 | 842 | 8.6 | 296 | 24 | 21 |
| BC3F1 | 45 | 30 | 67 | – | – | – | – | 1217 | 30 | 15 |
| BC3F2 | 18 | 11 | 61 | – | – | – | – | * | 11 | 7 |
| BC4 | 81 | 50 | 62 | 60 | 100 | 620 | 10.3 | 1980 | 50 | 42 |
| BC4F1 | 94 | 51 | 54 | – | – | – | – | * | 51 | 47 |
| BC5 | 92 | 54 | 59 | – | – | – | – | * | 54 | 39 |
| Total | 439 | 278 | 488 | 1865 | 3496 | 230 | 181 |
*Plants are currently undergoing self-fertilization.