Introgressive Hybridization of Common Wheat: Results and Prospects

Abstract

Abstract This review is devoted to the introgressive hybridization of common wheat, the process of integrating the genes of other cultivated or wild species from the secondary and tertiary gene pools into its genome in order to increase the genetic diversity of this most important agricultural crop. The results achieved in the introgressive hybridization of common wheat over the past 20 years are summarized, the distribution of alien translocations by subgenomes and chromosomes of common wheat is analyzed, and the possibilities for further development of this direction of research and selection based on the use of alien genetic material are discussed.