Seedlings originated from hybrid populations, in F2 generation, from 26 crosses between tolerant wheat cultivars (BH-1146, IAC-227, IAC-24, IAC-60, C-3, IAC-5, IAC-18 and IAC-21) and sensitive cultivars (Anahuac 75, IAC-287, IAC-289, Siete Cerros and Veery "S") to aluminum toxicity and from 18 crosses between tolerant cultivars (BH-1146, IAC-227, IAC-24, IAC-60, C-3, IAC-5, IAC-21, C-17, IAC-74 and IAC-18) were evaluated for tolerance to 3 mg/L of Al3+, using nutrient solutions. It was considered tolerant the plant that was able to show root regrowth of the central primary root in the complete nutrient solution after a treatment of 48 hours in solution containing 3 mg/L of Al3+. The evaluation of the seedlings from the F2 populations originated from the tolerant and sensitive crosses showed that the tolerance to Al3+ toxicity was dominant and in 24 of the crosses the tolerant cultivars differed from the sensitive by one pair of genes. No difference was observed between the tolerant cultivars in relation to the pair of genes for the tolerance. Each one of these cultivars could be used as tolerance source in a crossing program, where this trait would be desired.
Triticum aestivum; aluminum toxicity; tolerant cultivars; sensitive cultivars; dominant pair of genes; nutrient solution
