One way of incorporating useful traits from
Aegilops biuncialis
(2n=4x=28, U
b
U
b
M
b
M
b
) into wheat (
Triticum aestivum
L. 2n=6x=42, AABBDD) is to develop first addition then translocation lines. The 2M
b
, 3M
b
, 7M
b
, 3U
b
, 5U
b
and 5U
b
/6U
b
wheat-
Ae. biuncialis
addition lines were produced in Martonvásár. To facilitate the exact identification of the addition lines, it was necessary to analyse the fluorescence
in situ
hybridisation patterns of the parental wheat genotype,
Ae. biuncialis
and its diploid progenitors (
Ae. umbellulata
2n=2x=14, UU and
Ae. comosa
2n=2x=14, MM). The great genetic variability of the
Aegilops
species causes polymorphism in the fluorescence
in situ
hybridisation (FISH) patterns of the individual chromosomes. Due to the high level of FISH polymorphism, it is advisable to confirm the identification of the
Ae. biuncialis
chromosomes with the help of molecular (microsatellite, SSR) markers, so 119 wheat SSR markers were tested on
Aegilops biuncialis
, on
Ae. geniculata
(2n=4x=28, U
g
U
g
M
g
M
g
), on five wheat-
Ae. biuncialis
addition lines (2M
b
, 3M
b
, 7M
b
, 3U
b
, 5U
b
) and on an addition series of wheat-
Ae. geniculata
in order to select SSR markers specific to the U and M genomes of
Ae. biuncialis
and
Ae. geniculata
.