Introgression of barley chromosome arms 4H and 6H into wheat via Robertsonian translocations: GBS-assisted structural analysis and impact on grain nutrient composition

Introgression of barley chromosome arms 4H and 6H into wheat via Robertsonian translocations: GBS-assisted structural analysis and impact on grain nutrient composition | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Introgression of barley chromosome arms 4H and 6H into wheat via Robertsonian translocations: GBS-assisted structural analysis and impact on grain nutrient composition László Ivanizs, Eszter Gaál, Klaudia Kruppa, András Farkas, Péter Mikó, and 14 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7177471/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract In addition to wild relatives, cultivated Triticeae species such as barley can also serve as an excellent gene source to improve the agronomic traits of bread wheat. The Asakaze-Manas addition lines previously developed in Martonvásár exhibit low fertility and unstable inheritance; nonetheless, they could serve as ’bridge materials’ for the incorporation of barley chromatin into the wheat genome. By leveraging the centric breakage-fusion mechanism of unpaired chromosomes and the gametocide effect of chromosome 2C from Aegilops cylindrica , the 4H and 6H addition lines were used to develop genetically stable translocation genotypes. In situ hybridization and molecular marker analyses were applied to identify the wheat and barley chromosome arms in the 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL compensatory translocations. These results were confirmed by GBS read coverage analysis, which revealed a pericentric inversion in the barley chromosome arms involved in the 6HS.6BL and 6BS.6HL translocations. The comparable agronomic performance of the centric fusion lines indicates that these chromosomal rearrangements had minimal, if any, negative impact relative to the parental wheat varieties. The newly developed translocation lines had an increased amount of certain minerals (Ca or Fe), suggesting that they could serve as promising genetic materials for the biofortification of hexaploid wheat. Plant Molecular Biology and Genetics wheat-barley translocation in situ hybridization genotyping-by-sequencing read coverage analysis chromosome-mediated gene transfer mineral components Figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Key message Molecular marker analysis and in situ hybridization techniques, combined with genotyping-by-sequencing, enable the selection of stable wheat-barley translocation lines, leading to chromosome-mediated improvement in grain quality. Introduction Allohexaploid wheat ( Triticum aestivum L., 2n = 6x = 42; BBAADD) is a globally cultivated cereal, that plays a central role in human nutrition. Although thousands of years of breeding have resulted in higher yields of modern wheat varieties, this process has led to a narrowing of its genetic variability (Tiwari et al. 2014 ). The genetic potential of bread wheat can be enhanced via hybridization with its related species, which is an efficient way for chromosome-mediated transfer of agronomically useful genes. Barley ( Hordeum vulgare L., 2n = 2x = 14; HH) as a cultivated relative of hexaploid wheat has proven to be a promising crossing partner for breeding programmes, whose gene pool represents a rich source of valuable traits such as earliness (Farkas et al. 2014 ) or high edible fibre (β-glucan) content (Cseh et al. 2013 ; Türkösi et al. 2018 ). The majority of barley varieties are resistant to Fusarium head blight (Huang et al. 2018 ) or wheat powdery mildew (Lück et al. 2025 ) and exhibit tolerance to osmotic and salinity stress (Darko et al. 2015 ; Darko et al. 2017 ), which can mitigate yield losses due to the negative impact of climate change. Besides the adaptability and yield stability, a healthy diet has become an essential goal of cereal breeding programs in the 21st century. Barley is rich in essential amino acids (Åssveen 2009 ; Zijstra and Beltranena 2015 ; Huang et al. 2020 ), which are found in limited amounts in the wheat grain. Some studies revealed a wide variation of their composition in the smaller and larger collections of barley cultivars (Knežević et al. 2007 ; Huang et al. 2020 ). In addition, a significant difference was observed in microelement concentration (especially Fe) between wheat (15–22 mg/kg) and barley (24–79 mg/kg) (Bityutskii et al. 2017 ), with iron deficiency being a widespread nutritional problem affecting the diet of one-third of the human population (Hotz and Brown 2004 ). Therefore, due to its excellent nutritional value, barley can be utilized to improve the protein- and mineral composition of bread wheat, facilitating the production of functional foods. The grain protein content (GPC) in wheat is significantly influenced by NAM-B1 ( TtNAM-B1 ) gene mapped on the short arm of chromosome 6B (Uauy et al. 2006 ). The functional TtNAM-B1 allele seems to have a pleiotropic effect, speeding up senescence of whole-plant and enhancing the remobilization of nitrogen and micronutrients from vegetative tissues to developing grains (Uauy et al. 2006 ). Distelfeld et al. ( 2008 ) dissected the collinearity between the wheat and barley genomic regions determining GPC, as a result, an orthologue of TtNAM-B1 locus ( HvNAM-1 ) was identified on the barley 6HS chromosome arm. Several candidate genes were detected and localised on chromosomes 4H and 6H that have a strong effect on the iron and zinc content in barley grain (Gyawali et al. 2017 ; Nyiraguhirwa et al. 2022 ). Incorporation of these chromosome arms into the wheat genome allows for information about how the transferred barley genes modify the protein composition and mineral concentration in bread wheat. The Ukrainian six-rowed barley cultivar Manas, adapted to the climatic conditions of Central Europe, exhibits outstanding agronomic performance (yield and nutritional parameters), thereby representing an attractive gene source for wheat breeding. To introduce these new allelic variations into wheat, the winter barley ’Manas’ and Japanese facultative wheat ’Asakaze’ were crossed to develop hybrids (Molnár-Láng et al. 2000 ), then a series of addition lines containing special chromosomes from barley in the wheat genetic background. A partial set of the Asakaze-Manas addition lines (2H, 3H, 4H, 6H, 7H) produced previously in Martonvásár are suitable for studying the effect of barley chromosomes transferred into wheat (Molnár-Láng et al. 2012 ). Nevertheless, wheat-barley aneuploids have a certain level of karyotypic instability, since barley chromosomes have a tendency to be eliminated from the wheat background over generations (Szakács and Molnár-Láng 2010 ; Molnár-Láng et al. 2012 ). Therefore, maintenance of wheat-barley addition lines requires continuous cytogenetic monitoring, a time-consuming and labour-intensive process. Development of translocation lines with 42 chromosomes offers an opportunity to create genetically stable wheat pre-breeding materials carrying barley gene variants (Molnár-Láng et al. 2014 ). One chromosome engineering strategy utilizes a special condition, where wheat and alien chromosomes are monosomic to induce centric breakage and fusion in the meiosis (Lukaszewski 1997 ; Friebe et al. 2005 ; Lukaszewski 2010 ). Crossing a wheat line monosomic for a wheat chromosome with a wheat-barley disomic addition carrying the corresponding barley chromosome may result in F 1 hybrid progenies containing wheat and barley univalents for the same homoeologous group in addition to 40 wheat chromosomes. In anaphase of meiosis I, the unpaired univalents may suffer breakage at their centromeres, after which the broken arms of wheat and barley chromosomes can occasionally fuse, forming Robertsonian translocations (Friebe et al. 2005 ). There have already been a few reports on non-homeologous (Cseh et al. 2011 ) and compensating (Danilova et al. 2018 ; Türkösi et al. 2018 ) Robertsonian translocations obtained from the misdivison-fusion mechanism between the monosomic chromosomes of wheat and barley. The use of the gametocide ( Gc ) system is another non-recombination mechanism to induce random translocations between wheat and alien chromosomes, including barley (Said et al. 2024 ). The gametocide genes in Aegilops species can generate random chromosome breaks, resulting in various abnormalities such as deletions, insertions, inversions, or translocations (Endo 1990 ). Gametes containing Gc chromosomes are passed continuously to the next generation, whereas gametes lacking them are either aborted or undergo non-lethal chromosome breakages. The broken ends can join with other chromosome fragments, leading to the formation of translocations. Therefore, Gc genes can be used in chromosome-mediated gene transfer between different species (namely, wheat and barley). Gc chromosomes originating from various Aegilops species, including Ae. cylindrica , have been incorporated into the genetic background of wheat, producing addition lines (Endo 1990 ; Friebe et al. 1999 ; Kwiatek et al. 2017 ). Among these, the 2C chromosome of Aegilops cylindrica , the 3C of Aegilops triuncialis , and the 4M of Aegilops geniculata have been most frequently used as crossing partners with other wheat-alien addition lines to induce wheat-alien chromosome rearrangements, including wheat-barley introgressions (Schubert et al. 1998 ; Shi and Endo 2000 ). Numerous studies have reported that the gametocide effect of the Aegilops chromosomes (2C, 3C) induced structural rearrangements in chromosomes 2H (Joshi et al. 2011 ), 3H (Sakai et al. 2009 ), 4H (Sakata et al. 2010 ), 5H (Ashida et al. 2007 ), 6H (Ishihara et al. 2014 ) and 7H (Serizawa et al. 2001 ) of the barley cultivar ’Betzes’ added to the wheat variety ’Chinese Spring’ (CS). Dissection lines containing rearranged barley chromosomes were developed from crosses of wheat-barley and wheat- Aegilops addition lines, which were used to physically map a number of barley-specific expressed sequence tags (ESTs). The success of chromosome-mediated gene transfer depends on the ability to identify even minor alien chromosome segments in the wheat genetic background within a large population. It is necessary to use a high-capacity selection system that allows the detection of transferred chromatin at high resolution. Molecular cytogenetic methods, fluorescence- and genomic in situ hybridisation (FISH and GISH) are suitable techniques for identifying and tracking foreign chromosome fragments in wheat background, but they are less efficient for screening large populations (Kuraparthy et al. 2009 ). PCR-based molecular marker techniques, such as microsatellite or S-SAP markers, have opened the way for high-throughput selection in pre-breeding population (Nagy et al. 2002 ; Nagy et al. 2006 ; Cseh et al. 2011 ; Türkösi et al. 2018 ). However, the physical position of marker sequences on the chromosome can only be localised with limited fidelity, making it difficult to utilise them for accurate mapping of the transferred chromatin segments. The combination of molecular marker analysis and in situ hybridization has been effectively applied worldwide to characterise wheat-barley introgressions, despite its limited resolution for detecting the small chromatin fragments (Rey et al. 2015 ). Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) is a high-resolution multiplex method that allows the generation of large amounts of sequences covering the entire genome of a large number of individuals (Poland et al. 2012a ; Pootakham et al. 2016 ). Hexaploid wheat has a large and complex genome with a huge amount of repetitive elements, which can be resolved by a reduced-representation sequencing approach through the use of two restriction endonucleases (frequent- and rare-cutter). The combination of double digestion of genomic DNA and next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies offers the possibility to obtain high-throughput polymorphic short-reads spread over the whole genome, most of which originate from the gene-rich regions (Elshire et al. 2011 ). The advantages of GBS have been successfully exploited for genotyping, diversity analysis, association, linkage, and physical mapping of wheatgrasses (Comadran et al. 2011 ; Kumar et al. 2015 ; Baloch et al. 2017 ; Monostori et al. 2017 ; Dracatos et al. 2019 ). The extensive set of GBS markers provides a dense coverage of the whole genome; therefore, it is effectively applicable for detecting major and minor chromosome rearrangements in wheat breeding populations (Adhikari et al. 2022 ; Gaál et al. 2024 ; Kruppa et al. 2025 ). The current work reports the development of two compensating wheat-barley translocation lines containing short (6HS.6BL) or long arm (6BS.6HL) of barley chromosome 6H, which were induced by the centric fission-fusion mechanism of the unpaired chromosomes. In addition, another homoeologous Robertsonian translocation encompassing the long arm (4BS.4HL) of barley chromosome 4H is also presented here, which was produced using the gametocidal effect of chromosome 2C of Ae. cylindrica . The chromosome constitution of the newly developed translocation lines was examined using molecular cytogenetic methods (GISH and FISH). GBS read coverage analysis enables the detailed characterization and revelation of the chromosome constitution of centric fusions and wheat genetic background, by aligning with reference genomes of hexaploid wheat cultivar CS and barley variety Morex. Further objectives of this paper were: 1) to comprehensively study the effect of barley chromosome arms on agronomic performance and nutrient composition of wheat, and 2) to produce stable and fertile translocation lines that can serve as a genetic basis for improving breeding value of hexaploid wheat. Material and methods Plant material Two crossing programmes were conducted to introgress barley chromosome segments into the wheat genome, producing stable translocation lines. In the first programme, the winter wheat cultivar Rannaja 6B monosomic stock was crossed as a female parent with the wheat ’Asakaze’-barley ’Manas’ 6H disomic addition line (Fig. 1 ). Hybrids with 42 chromosomes, which are double monosomic for chromosomes 6B and 6H were selected in the F 1 generation using 6H-specific microsatellite markers ( Bmac0316 and EBmac0806 ) and Feulgen staining. After self-pollination of the selected F 1 plants, the F 2 progenies were screened using the same microsatellite markers, and then the F 2 individuals carrying only one arm of chromosome 6H were analysed using GISH to visualise the Robertsonian translocations. The plants containing the translocation in disomic form were also selected with GISH in the F 3 generation. The wheat (6B) chromosome arm involved in the two translocations was identified using FISH. Under the other pre-breeding programme, a cross between Asakaze-Manas 4H and CS- Ae. cylindrica 2C addition lines led to the development of F 1 hybrids, in the descendants of which chromosome 2C is expected to induce structural rearrangement in barley chromosome 4H (Fig. 2 ). Genomic DNA of barley was used to carry out GISH on the F 2 generation genotypes in order to identify plants with the translocation. Thereafter, F 3 individuals containing translocations in homozygous form were also selected using GISH. The offsprings were analysed using FISH and 4H-specific microsatellite markers ( HvM40 and HvM67 ) to identify the wheat and barley parts of the introgression. Genomic DNA from Ae. cylindrica was used as a hybridization probe for GISH to check the presence or absence of chromosome 2C in the genetic background of the translocation line. Field experiments and agronomic investigation The field phenotyping trial was conducted at a low-input location (Tükrös nursery, Martonvásár, Hungary; geographic coordinates: 47°18’40” N, 18°46’56” E) during the 2023-24 season, which belongs to HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute. The translocation lines 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL, and 4BS.4HL, along with the Asakaze and Rannaja parental wheat and the Manas barley cultivars, were grown in chernozem soil. In the low-input nursery, which is a pesticide-free location, 50 seeds of each genotype were sown in 5 × 1 m rows (10 seeds per row) with a row distance of 0.15 m. Ten plants per genotype were randomly assigned and selected for characterization of the following morphological traits: plant height (cm), tillering (spikes per plant), seeds per spikelet, length of the main spike (cm), number of seeds per main spike, number of spikelets per main spike and number of seeds per plant. Seed parameters like seed length (cm), width (cm), and thousand-grain weight (TGW) were measured using MARVIN 5.0 Seed Analyzer (MARViTECH GmbH, Germany). Plant height and tillering were recorded in the field immediately before harvest, while the other spike and seed parameters were assessed after harvest. After evaluating the morphological parameters, the seed samples were used for the investigation of grain total amino acid and mineral composition. Genomic and fluorescence in situ hybridization Germinating seeds of the wheat-barley translocation lines were grown in a hydroponic system, in which root tip meristem cells were synchronised using hydroxyurea dissolved in Hoagland solution and accumulated in metaphase using amiprofos-methyl (Vrána et al. 2016a ; Vrána et al. 2016b ). The ’air dry drop’ approach was used to prepare the chromosome spreads (Kato et al. 2004 ). To detect and identify the wheat and barley chromosome segments in the translocations, FISH and GISH techniques were used simultaneously with three differently coloured probes: genomic DNA from Hordeum vulgare (to detect the barley genome), pSc119.2 (Contento et al. 2005 ) and oligo-pTa71 (Tang et al. 2014 ) FISH probes. Barley DNA was labelled with the BioPrime™ DNA Labeling System (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, USA), however, a modified dNTP mix that included digoxigenin-11-dUTP from Roche was utilized, resulting in red signals. For the pSc119.2 probe labeling, the BioNick™ Labeling System (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, USA) was used, producing a green signal. Integrated DNA Technologies (Coralville, USA) synthesized the oligonucleotide probe pTa71. Digoxigenin and biotin were added to the synthetic oligonucleotides at their 5′ ends, and when combined in a 6:5 ratio, a yellow signal was detectable. The hybridization mixture comprised 100 ng of the labeled barley genomic probes, 20 ng of oligo-pTa71, 70 ng of pSc119.2, and 3000 ng of bread wheat DNA as a blocker per slide, and dissolved in a 15 µl mixture of 100% formamide, 20 × SSC, 25% dextran-sulfate, and 10% SDS in a ratio of 5:1:2:0.1. Hybridization was carried out overnight at 42°C. After post-treatments, digoxigenin and biotin were detected as red and green signals during the detection phase using streptavidin-Alexa Fluor 488 conjugate (Molecular Probes, Waltham, USA) and Anti-Digoxigenin- Rhodamine Fab fragments (Roche) dissolved in TNB (Tris-NaCl blocking buffer). The chromosomes were counterstained with 2 µg/ml DAPI (4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) and mounted in Vectashield antifade solution (Vector Laboratories). To monitor chromosome 2C in the 4BS.4HL translocation line, the genomic DNA of Ae. cylindrica was used for GISH. The protocol followed was the same as described for GISH performed with barley genomic DNA probe. The slides were examined using a fully automated, high-throughput Zeiss Axio Imager Z2 upright epifluorescence microscope (Carl Zeiss Ltd.). Images were captured using a MetaSystems CoolCube 4 USB laboratory camera; image analysis was performed using Metafer 4 (version 4.3, automated metaphase image acquisition) and ISIS (image processing) software (MetaSystems GmbH). Molecular marker analysis Genomic DNA was extracted from fresh young leaves (plants at the 2-leaf stage) collected from wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja, barley cultivar Manas, and the 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL translocation genotypes, using the Quick Gene-Mini80 (FujiFilm, Japan) with a QuickGene DNA tissue kit (FujiFilm, Japan) according to the manufacturer's instructions (Cseh et al. 2011 ). The genomic DNA samples of F 1 and F 2 hybrids developed from a crossing of Rannaja 6B monosomic line and the Asakaze-Manas 6H addition lines were used for marker-assisted selection of the translocation lines. PCR amplification of four barley-specific primer pairs ( Bmac0301 - 6HS, EBmac0806–6 HL, HvM40 - 4HS, and HvM67 - 4HL) was performed on DNA templates extracted from plant samples to detect the presence of chromosome arms 6HS, 6HL, and 4HL. The PCR reactions were carried out in a final volume of 15 µl contained 20 ng of template DNA, 1.5 µl of 10× key reaction buffer (final MgCl 2 concentration of 1.5 mmol/l), 200 µmol/l of each dNTP, 0.2 µmol/l of forward and reverse primers, and 0.375 U of TEMPase Hot Start DNA Polymerase (VWR International, Belgium). The PCR profiles, annealing temperatures, and oligonucleotide sequences of the primer pairs are available in the GrainGenes database ( https://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG3/ ) and are included in Supplementary Table 1. The PCR amplicons were separated using a Fragment Analyzer™ Automated CE System equipped with a 96-Capillary Array Cartridge (Advanced Analytical Technologies, USA). The separated fragments were visualised as digital capillary electrophoresis gel images by using PROsize v2.0. software (Advanced Analytical Technologies, USA) to analyse the size and concentration data of all the genotypes examined. GBS library development and read coverage analysis Genomic DNA was extracted from fresh young leaves (plants at 2-leaf stage) of wheat cultivar Asakaze, barley cultivar Manas, and translocation genotypes 6HS.6HL, 6BS.6HL, and 4BS.4HL using BioSprint DNA kit (Qiagen Inc.) following the manufacturer’s protocol. The double-digest restriction site-associated DNA (ddRAD) library was constructed following the protocol described by Yang et al. ( 2016 ) with minor modifications. Genomic DNA of the plant samples was digested using restriction enzymes MspI and SphI, and the resulting fragments were ligated to sequences of P1 and P2 adapter sequences with barcodes and primers containing indexes according to Poland et al. (2012). The pooled samples were size-selected for fragment sizes of 350 to 390 bp using a dye-free BluePippin 1.5% gel cassette (BDF1510) (Sage Science, Beverly, MA, USA). All sublibraries were pooled equimolarly and sequenced on a NovaSeq 6000 platform (Illumina) using the SP reagent kit v1.5 in a 2 × 150 bp configuration at the Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Chech Republic. A mixed genome of an ’ in silico wheat × barley hybrid’ was constructed by concatenating the reference pseudomolecules of CS wheat (IWGSC RefSeq v2.1) (Zhu et al. 2021 ) and Morex barley (Mascher et al. 2017 ). Quality-filtered read data from translocation and parental lines were aligned to the reference sequences of this combined genome assembly using HISAT2 v.2.1.0 (Kim et al. 2019 ), to characterise the chromosome constitution of the translocation lines at high resolution. GBS read coverage analysis — including sequence alignment, read counts normalization, and data filtering — was performed using a high-throughput bioinformatics pipeline following the protocol of Adhikari et al. ( 2022 ). Evaluation of total amino acid and mineral composition Sample preparation Protein and mineral composition analyses were performed on the grain samples collected from the translocation lines 6BS.6HL, 6HS.6BL, 4BS.4HL, as well as from the parental wheat (Asakaze and Rannaja) and barley (Manas) varieties. Wholemeal samples were obtained from 10 grams of seed per genotype using a Retsch Mixer Mill MM 400 ball mill (Retsch, Haan, Germany), and were immediately refrigerated and stored at − 20°C prior to use. Whole grain flour samples were subsequently analysed for amino acid and mineral composition at the Central Laboratory of Agricultural and Food Products at the University of Debrecen for further study. Measurements were performed in two technical replicates for each genotype. Amino acid composition Protein concentration was determined using the Kjeldahl method (Lynch and Barbano 1999 ). Following digestion in sulphuric acid and Selenium-containing catalyst (VWR International Ltd., Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK), ammonium was distilled using a VEPL UDK-149 Distiller (VELP Scientifica, Usmate Velate, Italy) and titrated with an automatic titrator (Velp Titroline 5000). The protein content was calculated from the nitrogen content. The conversion factor was 6.38. Measurements were repeated when the coefficient of variation (CV%) was above 10%. For amino acid analysis, 0.5 mg of wholemeal flour was hydrolysed with 5 M HCl at 105°C for 5 h (Memmert UN55, Buechenbach, Germany), then filtered through a regenerated cellulose filter (0.2 µm, Whatman Spartan syringe filter) and diluted to equal protein concentration. Amino acid quantification was carried out using an automatic AAA 500 amino acid analyser (INGOS Ltd., Prague, Czech Republic), based on low-pressure ion-exchange chromatography with post-column derivatisation using ninhydrin. Photometric detection was performed at two wavelengths: 210 nm and 254 nm. A standard amino acid mixture (INGOS Ltd., Prague, Czech Republic) was used as a reference. Recovery exceeded 95%. The amount of amino acids was expressed as a percentage of the total weight of the wholemeal flour. Mineral composition A 1 g sample of whole grain flour from each genotype was used to determine the concentrations of macro- and microelements (Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, and Zn). Plant samples were digested using the pressure-resistant vessels of a microwave digester system (Milestone Ethos Plus, Italy). To all samples, 10 mL of HNO 3 and 3 mL of 30% (v/v) H 2 O 2 were added. Digestion was carried out at 120°C for 90 min, after which the samples were transferred to a 50 ml volumetric flask with distilled water, homogenised, and filtered (MN 640W paper; Macherey-Nagel, Germany). Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) was applied on an iCAP 7400 spectrophotometer (ThermoFischer Scientific, USA) to measure elemental concentrations. Calibration was performed using a multi-element standard solution prepared from mono-element standards (VWR International Ltd., Leuven, Belgium). Each data point represents the average of three technical replicates. Data were processed using Qtegra ISDS software (version 2.10, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA). The wavelenghts used for the measurements were: Ca 183.801nm {483} (Axial); Cu 324.754nm {104} (Axial); Fe 238.204nm {141} (Axial); Mg 202.582nm {118} (Axial); Mn 259.373nm {130} (Axial); Zn 213.856nm {458} (Axial). Statistical analysis The agronomic traits of translocation lines 6BS.6HL, 6HS.6BL, and 4BS.4HL were compared pairwise with those of the parental wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to assess differences in agronomic traits among genotypes at a significance level of p < 0.05. The chemical composition data on macro- and micronutrients were also evaluated using one-way ANOVA with the same significance threshold ( p < 0.05). For amino acid content, translocation lines were compared pairwise with the wheat parents using a two-sample t -test at three significance levels: p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001. Results Development and identification of the 6BS.6HL and 6HS.6BL translocation lines To incorporate barley chromosome 6H into the wheat genome, the Rannaja 6B monosomic wheat line was crossed as a female partner with the Asakaze-Manas 6H disomic addition line. Nineteen F 1 hybrid plants were screened for the presence of 42 chromosomes, including the barley chromosome, using 6H-specific microsatellite markers ( Bmac0316 and EBmac0806 ) and Feulgen staining. Seven of the nineteen plants carried 42 chromosomes along with the barley 6H chromosome, indicating the double monosomic condition for the chromosomes 6B and 6H (Supplementary Table 2.). In the F 2 generation, forty individuals were screened for the presence of the 6H chromosome arms separately using the same barley-specific microsatellite markers. A total of four plants were produced, only the 6HS-specific PCR fragment, indicating that they carried only the short arm of chromosome 6H. Furthermore, nine plants were found to give a 6HL-specific amplicon, suggesting that they contained only the long arm of chromosome 6H (Fig. 3 ). Barley genomic DNA was used for GISH analysis of the F 2 genotypes selected by molecular markers, identifying three plants (7.5%) carrying a translocation comprising either the long arm (2 plants) or the short arm (1 plant) of chromosome 6H (Supplementary Table 2.). Additionally, telocentric chromosomes were detected in ten other plants, whereas no isochromosomes were observed, indicating that the same chromosome arms of barley and wheat are not fused. Barley chromatin was absent in 21 out of the 40 F 2 individuals analyzed. To trace the inheritance of the barley chromosome arms incorporated into the wheat genome, 30 plants from each group were also screened by GISH in the F 3 generation (Fig. 4 ). Among these, five genotypes were disomic, 19 were monosomic, and 6 were nullisomic for the translocation involving the short arm of chromosome 6H. Furthermore, eight plants lacked the translocation containing the long arm of chromosome 6H, while three plants carried it in disomic form, and nineteen plants carried it in monosomic form. Repetitive DNA probes were employed in FISH to identify the wheat segments within the translocation lines. In the translocation containing the barley chromosome arm 6HL, the oligo-pTa71 probe —which highlights the secondary constriction at the satellited region of 6BS— produced a typical band on the short arm of chromosome 6B, but produced no signal on the long arm (Fig. 4 ). Molecular marker and cytogenetic analyses demonstrated that the missing wheat 6BL arm is replaced by the barley 6HL arm, which is fused with 6BS arm to form the Robertsonian translocation T6BS.6HL (Fig. 4 a). In the other translocation containing the barley chromosome arm 6HS, strong terminal and subterminal pSc119.2 signals were detected on the wheat chromosome arm, which is typical for 6BL (Fig. 4 b). Therefore, this translocation was identified as T6HS.6BL. Identification and selection of the 4BS.4HL translocation line To induce rearrangement and develop stable translocation involving barley chromosomes, crosses were made between the Asakaze-Manas 4H and CS- Ae. cylindrica 2C addition lines. F 2 progenies were analysed by GISH using barley genomic DNA as a probe, revealing six genotypes carrying translocations out of 50 plants investigated (Supplementary Table 3.). Additionally, two plants contained a telocentric chromosome, eighteen carried an entire barley chromosome, and one plant possessed both. Barley chromatin was absent in the remaining twenty-three F 2 plants. Subsequent GISH analysis 65 F 3 plants revealed nine disomic and fourteen monosomic individuals for the translocation (Fig. 5 and Supplementary Table 3.). Moreover, eleven plants were detected to carry an intact barley chromosome in addition to either a telocentric or a translocation chromosome. Fourteen F 3 progeny contained only telocentric or full-length barley chromosomes, while the remaining seventeen plants lacked barley chromatin altogether. A microsatellite marker ( HvM67 ), mapped on chromosome arm 4HL, produced a barley-specific PCR fragment in all F 3 genotypes previously identified as carrying the translocation in either monosomic or disomic form (Supplementary Fig. S1). FISH analysis revealed a prominent telomeric pSc119.2 signal on the translocated wheat chromosome arm, which is typical for 4BS. No wheat chromosome arm exhibiting the 4BL-specific pSc119.2 pattern (characterised by one telomeric and two interstitial bands) was detected in these lines (Fig. 5 ). Based on molecular marker and cytogenetic analyses, this translocation was identified as the T4BS.4HL translocation. To prevent further chromosomal aberrations and improve the karyotypic stability of the 4BS.4HL translocation line, plants lacking the Ae. cylindrica Gc chromosome (2C) were selected. Fifty progeny of F 3 plants carrying the disomic translocation were subjected to GISH using genomic DNA from Ae. cylindrica . The analysis revealed that 25 F 4 individuals lacked chromosome 2C, while the other half carried it either in homozygous (2 individuals) or heterozygous (23 individuals) form (Supplementary Table 3.). In the F 4 generation, ten progeny derived from a single F 3 plant were found to lack chromosome 2C. This suggests that the F 3 parent also did not carry the chromosome with gametocidal effect, and thus its F 4 progeny may have only minor karyotypic abnormalities. The presence of barley chromatin in these ten F 4 plants, all from the same lineage, was monitored by GISH, confirming that they carried the translocation in a homozygous form. All three translocation lines (T6HS.6BL, T6BS.6HL, and T4BS.4HL) along with their parental wheat and barley varieties, were grown and maintained under greenhouse conditions (F 4 -F 6 ) and field conditions (F 7 generation). GBS read coverage mapping GBS platform was used to precisely characterise the extent and structure of the barley chromatin added to the wheat genome. Furthermore, we aimed to thoroughly examine karyotypic changes and instability within the wheat genetic background, which commonly accompany chromosome manipulation methods, particularly those involving the gametocidal system. Illumina short-reads generated from the wheat (Asakaze) and barley (Manas) control genotypes, as well as from the three translocation lines (T6HS.6BL, T6BS.6HL, and T4BS.4HL) were aligned to the reference sequences of the combined wheat-barley genome. When sequence tags from the wheat parental variety (Asakaze) were mapped onto this mixed reference, high normalized read values (0.865–1.197 per Mb bin) were detected across the twenty-one wheat chromosomes of the in silico hybrid, while low read densities (0.009–0.013 per Mb bin) were observed on the seven barley chromosomes (Supplementary Fig. S2 and Supplementary Table 4.). This indicates that the wheat control genotype (Asakaze) showed strong coverage across the CS wheat reference pseudomolecules, making it suitable for mapping wheat chromosomes of the translocation lines. Similarly, the short-read sequences from the barley parent (Manas) exhibited high normalized read values (1.338–1.416 per Mb bin) along the barley chromosomes, while low read values (0.002–0.006 per Mb bin) were observed on the wheat chromosomes (Supplementary Fig. S3 and Supplementary Table 4.). Given the high coverage of barley reads across the Morex barley reference pseudomolecule, this combined in silico hybrid genome is appropriate for accurately determining the extent of barley chromatin introgression. The short-read sequences of all three translocation lines were detected in dense coverage (normalized read values ranged from 0.516 to 1.634 per Mb bin) on almost all chromosomes of the ABD genome of the in silico hybrid, except the 4BL or 6B chromosome arms. In terms of the T6HS.6BL line, an extremely low normalized read value (0.06 per 1 Mb) was observed on the first 345 Mb of the 6B in silico chromosome (Fig. 6 , Supplementary Fig. S4 and Supplementary Table 4.). This wheat chromosomal interval is equal to the length of 6BS arm, which is missing from the translocation (Šafář et al. 2010 ; Zhu et al. 2021 ). A high normalized read coverage (1.079 per 1 Mb) was revealed along the first region (217 Mb) of the 6H in silico chromosome (Fig. 6 and Supplementary Fig. S4 and Supplementary Table 4.). However, a low average rate (0.009 per 1 Mb) was observed across the following 36 Mb region, which was followed by a 28 Mb interval exhibiting a high normalized read value (1.021 per 1 Mb). A low density of reads (0.011 per 1 Mb) was detected along the last 279 Mb long region, indicating that the latter segment is absent from the translocation, which covers most of the 6HL chromosome arm (Suchánková et al. 2006 ; Mascher et al. 2017 ). The read coverage analysis of the T6HS.6BL line showed that the introgressed 6H chromatin consists of a 217 Mb and a 28 Mb long segment, and these two fragments delimit a section of 36 Mb length that is missing from the translocation (Figs. 6 and 7 , Supplementary Table 4.). The length of barley chromatin involved in the T6HS.6BL line is 245 Mb - including the 217 and 28 Mb regions -, which comprises about 44% of the whole chromosome (560 Mb). This is largely consistent with the short arm, which accounts for 48% of the total chromosome size (Suchánková et al. 2006 ). The finding obtained from GBS read coverage mapping confirmed the results of the molecular marker and cytogenetic analyses: the missing wheat 6BS arm is replaced by a large part of the barley 6HS arm, forming the 6HS.6BL translocation together with the entire wheat 6BL arm. In the case of the T6BS.6HL line, a high normalized read value (1.032 per Mb) was detected along the first 345 Mb region of chromosome 6B of the combined genome. In contrast, only an average value of 0.055 was found along the last 386 Mb region (Fig. 6 , Supplementary Fig. S5 and Supplementary Table 4.), suggesting that the wheat fragment covering the length of the short arm is involved in the translocation, whereas the wheat segment corresponding to the long arm is missing (Šafář et al. 2010 ; Zhu et al. 2021 ). A very low normalized read value (0.014 per 1 Mb) was revealed along the first 217 Mb interval of the 6H in silico chromosome. At the same time, a high average rate (1.070 per 1 Mb) was observed in the subsequent 36 Mb region (Fig. 6 , Supplementary Fig. S5 and Supplementary Table 4.). A low density of short-reads (0.007 per 1 Mb) was found in the next 28 Mb long region, whereas high normalized read coverage (0.980 per 1 Mb) was detected along the final 279 Mb region. As a result, the 36 Mb and 279 Mb segments with high read coverage constitute the barley chromatin in the T6BS.6HL line (Figs. 6 and 7 , Supplementary Table 4.), which accounts for approximately 56% of the entire chromosome (561 Mb). This corresponds mainly to the long arm, which comprises 52% of the total chromosome length (Suchánková et al. 2006 ). GBS read coverage mapping demonstrated that the entire 6BS arm of wheat and most of the the 6HL arm of barley – replacing the 6BL arm – constitute the 6BS.6HL translocation, supporting the findings of previous analyses. For the T4BS.4HL line, a small number of reads (normalized read value of 0.054 per Mb bin) were mapped onto the last 356 Mb region of the in silico 4B chromosome (Fig. 8 , Supplementary Fig. S6 and Supplementary Table 4.), indicating that the entire 4BL arm is missing from the translocation (Šafář et al. 2010 ; Zhu et al. 2021 ). In contrast, a larger normalized read coverage (0.927 per Mb bin) was detected along the last 335 Mb of the 4H in silico chromosome, proving that the barley fragment covering the entire 4HL arm is involved in the translocation (Fig. 8 and Supplementary Table 4.). This is also consistent with the results of SSR markers and cytogenetic analyses, confirming the presence of the 4BS.4HL translocation. In the T4BS.4HL line, low normalized read values (ranged from 0.010 to 0.233 per Mb bin) were detected along a 49 Mb long region (573–622 Mb) of chromosome 2D and the last 127 Mb region (724–851 Mb) of chromosome 3B, indicating the presence of large deletions in the wheat genetic background (Supplementary Fig. S6). A large number of GBS reads provided high coverage and density for both the parental and translocation lines, which were mapped onto the combined reference genome of the in silico hybrid, ensuring detailed characterization of the introgressed barley chromosomes and the wheat genetic background. Morphological characterization To assess whether the barley chromosome arms compensate for the missing wheat chromosome arms in the newly identified homoeologous centric fusions, we compared morphological parameters between parental wheat and translocation lines. The plants were grown in a low-input field (Tükrös Nursery), under weather typical of a continental climate. During the 2023-24 growing season, the experimental area received 460 mm of precipitation, including 120 mm of rainfall during the grain-filling period. Plant height of the T6BS.6HL and T6HS.6BL lines was considerably higher than that of the wheat control varieties and the T4BS.4HL line (Table 1 ). Furthermore, the T6HS.6BL line exhibited the longest main spike, containing a slightly higher number of seeds compared to the wheat parents and the other two translocation genotypes. Tillering (number of spikes per plant) was highest (but not significantly) in the T6BS.6HL genotype, while the other two translocation lines displayed values similar to those of the ’Asakaze’ and ’Rannaja’ wheat controls. A higher number of spikelets per main spike was observed in all three translocation lines compared to the Asakaze and Rannaja wheat varieties. However, no significant differences were found between the translocation lines carrying 6H chromosome arms and the wheat parental cultivars in the number of seeds per main spike or fertility (number of seeds per spikelets on the main spike), except for the T4BS.4HL line, which showed the lowest values for these traits. The number of seeds per plant for all three translocation lines was similar to that of the ’Asakaze’ wheat parent, whereas the ’Rannaja’ wheat control exhibited significantly lower yield. Table 1 Morphological traits of the Asakaze and Rannaja parental wheat cultivars and the three translocation lines. Asakaze Rannaja 6HS.6BL 6BS.6HL 4BS.4HL Plant height (cm) 93.6 ± 4.6 c 86.1 ± 4.2 d 107.4 ± 4.3 a 99.1 ± 4.1 b 90.2 ± 10.1 cd No. spikes per plant 4.8 ± 0.8 ab 3.4 ± 0.8 c 4.4 ± 1.2 bc 5.5 ± 0.8 a 4.7 ± 0.7 b Length of main spike (cm) 8.4 ± 1.1 b 8.1 ± 0.6 b 10.1 ± 0.6 a 8.3 ± 1.5 b 8.1 ± 0.9 b No. spikelets per main spike 18.2 ± 0.7 b 19.1 ± 1.2 b 20.8 ± 1.4 a 20.7 ± 2.6 ab 22.2 ± 2.1 a No. seeds per main spike 41.8 ± 6.9 ab 43.8 ± 7.8 ab 49.3 ± 5.2 a 45.1 ± 13.3 ab 37.2 ± 9.0 b No. seeds per spikelets 2.3 ± 0.3 a 2.3 ± 0.3 a 2.4 ± 0.2 a 2.4 ± 0.4 a 1.7 ± 0.4 b No. seeds per plant 154 ± 38 ab 126 ± 18 b 161 ± 45 ab 167 ± 44 a 166 ± 26 a Grain length (mm) 6.6 ± 0.2 ab 6.6 ± 0.3 ab 6.8 ± 0.2 a 6.4 ± 0.2 b 6.4 ± 0.2 b Grain width (mm) 3.4 ± 0.1 b 3.7 ± 0.1 a 3.5 ± 0.2 b 3.3 ± 0.1 b 3.7 ± 0.1 a Thousand-grain weight (g) 37.5 ± 4.4 b 41.5 ± 3.2 ab 42.8 ± 3.9 a 37.0 ± 4.1 b 41.0 ± 4.1 a Data expressed as mean ± SD of 10 plants per genotype for each agronomic parameter. Different letters indicate significant differences between the genotypes at p < 0.05, as determined by one-way ANOVA. None of the translocation lines exhibited seed-related traits (such as grain width and length) that were significantly higher than those of the wheat varieties; consequently, their thousand-grain weight (TGW) values were also similar. The T6HS.6BL/Asakaze/Rannaja translocation line developed long-awned spikes resembling those of the Asakaze wheat cultivar. In contrast, the T6BS.6HL/Asakaze/Rannaja line produced shorter, awned main spikes, similar to the Rannaja cultivar. The spikes of the T4BS.4HL/Asakaze translocation genotype, characterised by short awn stubs, showed a high degree of similarity to those of the Asakaze wheat parental cultivar (Supplementary Fig. S7). Analysis of the amino acid and mineral composition We were interested not only in whether the incorporated barley chromosome arms functionally replace their wheat counterparts, but also whether they could enhance the quality traits of bread wheat. To investigate the effect of introgressed barley chromosome arms on the amino acid composition of wheat grain, the wheat-barley translocation lines were compared with wheat varieties Asakaze and Rannaja. The T4BS.4HL genotype contained significantly higher levels of all essential amino acids, except lysine, compared to both the wheat cultivars and the other two translocation genotypes (T6HS.6BL and T6BS.6HL). Additionally, the Manas barley parent exhibited the lowest proportion of these protein compounds among all tested genotypes, suggesting that the increased amino acid content in the T4BS.4HL line was not solely due to the presence of barley chromatin, but rather to the combined effect of wheat and barley alleles (Table 2 ). Table 2 Essential amino acid content (m/m%) in wholemeal samples of wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja, barley cultivar Manas and translocation lines 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL. Asakaze Rannaja Manas 6HS.6BL 6BS.6HL 4BS.4HL THR 0.36 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.03 0.33 ± 0.01 0.29 ± 0.01 0.35 ± 0.01 0.44 ± 0.01*** VAL 0.54 ± 0.03 0.47 ± 0.03 0.45 ± 0.03 0.46 ± 0.00 0.55 ± 0.05 0.67 ± 0.04* MET 0.11 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.00 0.05 ± 0.00 0.10 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.01*** ILE 0.41 ± 0.04 0.36 ± 0.00 0.29 ± 0.01 0.39 ± 0.01 0.41 ± 0.01 0.54 ± 0.02** LEU 0.83 ± 0.06 0.76 ± 0.05 0.59 ± 0.02 0.93 ± 0.03 0.90 ± 0.08 1.10 ± 0.02** PHE 0.53 ± 0.04 0.46 ± 0.04 0.40 ± 0.01 0.45 ± 0.04 0.45 ± 0.04 0.78 ± 0.07** HIS 0.28 ± 0.01 0.24 ± 0.02 0.19 ± 0.02 0.32 ± 0.03 0.31 ± 0.01* 0.38 ± 0.02*** LYS 0.48 ± 0.04 0.41 ± 0.01 0.45 ± 0.03 0.53 ± 0.01 0.51 ± 0.03 0.53 ± 0.01 THR, threonine; VAL, valine; MET, methionine; ILE, isoleucine; LEU, leucine; PHE, phenylalanine; HIS, histidine; LYS, lysine. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD per genotype for each parameter. *, **, *** indicate significant difference from the corresponding wheat parent at p < 0.05, p < 0.01 and p < 0.001 levels, respectively, using two-sample t -test. Differences in mineral content were also analysed between the translocation lines and their parental wheat and barley cultivars. The T6BS.6HL line exhibited a significantly higher Calcium (Ca) content compared to both the wheat and barley parents, as well as the other two translocation lines. Furthermore, the Ca concentration in the Manas barley was considerably higher than in the wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja, suggesting a positive effect of the barley 6HL chromatin (Table 3 ). Table 3 Mineral content (mg/kg) in wholemeal samples of wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja, barley cultivar Manas and translocation lines 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL. Asakaze Rannaja Manas 6HS.6BL 6BS.6HL 4BS.4HL Ca 573 ± 1 cd 576 ± 3 cd 643 ± 1 b 580 ± 1 c 775 ± 0.2 a 568 ± 2 d Cu 5.77 ± 0.10 b 6.44 ± 0.13 a 5.24 ± 0.11 bc 6.30 ± 0.02 a 5.06 ± 0.06 c 4.71 ± 0.01 d Fe 39.32 ± 0.40 d 39.07 ± 0.50 d 43.99 ± 0.12 c 58.34 ± 0.27 a 44.46 ± 0.36 c 56.23 ± 0.34 b Mg 1439 ± 18 b 1542 ± 41 ab 1358 ± 31 b 1681 ± 22 a 1710 ± 17 a 1337 ± 17 bc Mn 48.08 ± 0.16 b 41.31 ± 0.33 d 17.77 ± 0.15 e 55.92 ± 0.10 a 46.29 ± 0.29 c 48.39 ± 0.05 b Zn 41.06 ± 0.06 c 37.99 ± 0.12 d 30.57 ± 0.57 e 44.32 ± 0.23 a 31.49 ± 0.38 e 42.05 ± 0.08 b Data are expressed as mean ± SD per genotype for each parameter. Different letters indicate significant differences between the genotypes at p < 0.05, as determined by one-way ANOVA. The T6HS.6BL and T4BS.4HL lines contained significantly higher amounts of iron, approximately 48% and 12% more, respectively, compared to the wheat and barley parents. Among the parents, the Manas barley had higher iron levels than the Asakaze and Rannaja wheat cultivars. This finding supports that the increase in iron content resulted from the introgression of the barley 6HS and 4HL chromosome arms. The T6HS.6BL line also contained notably higher proportions (ranging from 8 to 16%) of Mg, Mn and Zn compared to its wheat and barley parental cultivars. In contrast, the T6BS.6HL genotype, along with its barley parental line, showed much lower zinc levels than wheat lines, which could be attributed either to the introgression of barley 6HL chromatin or to the loss of the wheat 6BL chromosome arm. Discussion Introgression breeding is a widely accepted strategy for transferring agronomically useful gene variants from related species into bread wheat. In the present study, we developed and identified stable wheat-barley Robertsonian translocation lines carrying the 4H or 6H chromosome arms, which could potentially serve as valuable genetic resources for biofortification of bread wheat. So far, only a few compensating wheat-barley translocation lines have been published that can be used for wheat breeding. Using model wheat and barley genotypes, Molnár-Láng and Sutka ( 1994 ) developed a 3HS.3BL centric fusion by hybridization of ’CS’ wheat and ’Betzes’ spring barley cultivars, which was later shown to improve tillering and seed productivity in hexaploid wheat (Türkösi et al. 2015 ). In addition, Danilova et al. ( 2018 ) produced a complete set of homoeologous group 7 compensating translocations, transferring chromosome arms from ’Betzes’ barley into the ’CS’ wheat genome. Using wheat and barley cultivars with more advanced agronomic values, Türkösi et al. ( 2018 ) developed a T7BS.7HL centric fusion through the double monosomic strategy to induce centric breakage-fusion between the chromosomes of the elite cultivars ’Manas’ barley and ’Rannaja’ wheat. This translocation exhibited and elevated grain β-glucan content compared to the parental wheat cultivars. Using a similar approach for the production of Rannaja-Manas homoeologous centric fusions, the present work supports that the breakage-fusion mechanism of univalent chromosomes is a feasible approach to transfer novel agronomically advantageous gene variants into wheat. Two pre-breeding programmes have been launched to obtain rearrangements between the wheat and barley chromosomes. In both breeding strategies, wheat-barley addition lines were crossed with aneuploids whose genome constitution is capable of generating a break on the overplus barley chromosome. When a monosomic wheat line was used for crossing to induce introgression between the 6B wheat and 6H barley chromosome arms, the presence of translocations was found in 7.5% of F 2 plants. Türkösi et al. ( 2018 ) found a similar proportion (7.5%) of plants carrying Robertsonian translocation (T7BS.7HL). In contrast, Danilova et al. ( 2018 ) observed a much lower efficiency (0.5–0.9%) in the centric breakage-fusion mechanism between wheat and barley chromosomes, although the rearrangement occurred between chromosomes belonging to the same homoeologous group. This can also be explained by the use of various wheat (CS or Rannaja, Asakaze) and barley (Betzes or Manas) cultivars as crossing partners, which have different allelic compositions. The efficiency of translocation induction depends mainly on which cultivars are used as wheat recipients and barley donor parents for crossing combinations (Molnár-Láng et al. 2014 ). When the wheat- Ae. cylindrica 2C addition line was used as a crossing partner to induce rearrangement between the wheat 4B and barley 4H chromosomes; the presence of translocation was observed in 12% of F 2 population. In line with our result, Shi and Endo ( 1999 ) reported a high frequency of translocation (17.6%) for barley chromosome 4H; they detected centric fusion or translocation with a smaller barley segment in twelve of 68 plants examined. Chromosome breaks have been induced to produce translocations; however, the chromosome manipulation strategies can lead to further structural changes in the genetic background. GBS read coverage analysis was used to check these karyotypic abnormalities, with a particular focus on aberrations caused by the 2C gametocide chromosome. The GBS mapping not only confirmed the findings obtained from cytogenetic and molecular marker analyses by identifying the wheat and barley chromosome arms in the centric fusions, but also verified that the wheat chromosome set in the T6HS.6BL and T6BS.6HL lines is undamaged and does not contain additional structural changes (Supplementary Fig. S4 and S5). In contrast, two larger deletions were detected in the genetic background of the T4BS.4HL line (Supplementary Fig. S6), which are located on wheat chromosomes 2D (573–622 Mb) and 3B (724–851 Mb). Coverage analysis revealed a 64-Mb region (217–281 Mb) along the centromere of chromosome 6H, two segments of which (28 Mb and 36 Mb) have changed places in the barley chromosome arms of the translocation lines relative to those of the barley reference genome (Fig. 7 ). One possible explanation for this is that the Morex barley reference pseudomolecule may contain sequence scaffolds near the centromere that have not yet been assembled in the correct order. Because of the lower probability of meiotic recombination close to the centromere, genetic mapping and thus precise estimation of the distance and order of markers is rather difficult in this region (Künzel et al. 2000 ). Since the two chromosome segments are located in the pericentromeric – centromeric region, it is possible that their short-reads were aligned to the proximal end of the opposite chromosome arm. However, the centromere of barley chromosomes was characterised in detail when the sequence fraction of individual chromosome arms flow-sorted from the wheat-barley telosomic addition lines (2HS-7HL) was used to resolve the linear gene order (Mayer et al. 2011 ). As a result, all but nine of the 3,125 centromere-specific genes were assigned to either the short or long arm of a barley chromosome (Mayer et al. 2011 ). Moreover, new approaches such as optical mapping and chromosome conformation capture sequencing (Hi-C) provide high-quality assembly for the barley reference genome and enable accurate chromosomal localization of sequence scaffolds even in the pericentromeric region (Mascher et al. 2017 ). Thus, it is more likely that the chromosomal position of the two segments was exchanged due to a pericentric inversion that occurred before the centric breakage and fusion of the 6H chromosome. Consequently, the inversion spanned the centromere, resulting in a breakpoint in each chromosome arm. It remains a question whether the pericentric inversion we have identified is inherently present in the genome of Manas barley variety or is only found in that of the two complementary translocations. The GBS read coverage analysis of chromosome arms 6HS and 6HL in the Asakaze-Manas ditelosomic addition lines (Türkösi et al. 2016 ) may provide further insight into chromosome rearrangements in the pericentric region. To detect structural changes in the smaller chromosomal regions, a sufficient number of uniplex markers must be tested to ensure dense coverage, which is a rather expensive requirement. The GBS technology is becoming increasingly a cost-effective platform that provides detailed sequence information for the identification of minor chromosomal rearrangements, such as inversions, deletions or insertions. Some publications have already reported that the GBS platform was utilized successfully for the detection of chromatin segments in the wheat genome, which were introgressed from cultivated and wild relatives, including Aegilops biuncialis (Gaál et al. 2024 ), Aegilops umbellulata (Bansal et al. 2020 ), perennial rye (Szakács et al. 2020 ) and Agropyron glael (Kruppa et al. 2025 ), which is a hybrid of Thinopyrum intermedium and Th. ponticum . Castillo et al. ( 2013 ) performed Diversity Array Technology (DArT), a modified GBS method for identifying the substitutions of chromosomes D/H ch in wheat- Hordeum chilense amphiploids. Adhikari et al. ( 2022 ) applied a high-throughput genotyping platform (skim-sequencing) to characterise group-7 translocation chromosomes in wheat-barley recombinant lines. In the present work, we have also demonstrated that it can serve as a powerful approach, even replacing the use of molecular markers and cytogenetic methods, to accurately map introgression lines produced by interspecific hybridization. Investigation of agronomic parameters showed that the presence of short and long arms of chromosome 6H has a positive correlation with tallness, which is confirmed by the results of several publications that have reported a strong association between the QTLs (quantitative trait loci) on this barley chromosome and plant height. Pu et al. ( 2021 ) mapped a larger region ( HvSS1 ) on both arms of chromosome 6H (173–396 Mb), which regulates uppermost internode elongation and thus determines plant height in barley. Pasam et al. ( 2012 ) analysed the relationship between the genomic regions and agronomic traits within a collection of 224 spring barley accessions. They identified three putative QTLs on the 6H chromosome (12.5 cM, 55.3 cM and 124.8 cM) that influencing plant height. Hu et al. ( 2018 ) detected a SNP ( qtncIL3-6H-1 ) on the short arm of chromosome 6H (16.1–17.5 bp) that is strongly associated with a plant height component trait (internode length). The short arm of barley chromosome 6H has a positive effect not only on plant height but also on spike length, which is in agreement with previous studies. Gyenis et al. ( 2007 ) identified a QTL on the chromosome arm 6HS (BINs 5 and 6), that increased spike length. Jabbari et al. ( 2018 ) found a putative QTL ( D2Q1MSL6H ) on chromosome 6H, controlling the significant spike length of spring barley cultivars under drought stress. There were no significant differences between the T6BS.6HL and T6HS.6BL lines and wheat parental varieties in most morphological and yield-related traits, which is consistent with the results of GBS analysis that the chromosomal set of their wheat genetic background remained intact and did not contain significant structural changes. In contrast, the much lower fertility of the T4BS.4HL genotype is likely due to the gametocidal effect, which may be explained by the presence of two large deletions on the 2D and 3B wheat chromosomes. Nevertheless, long-term field trials will be required to enable more accurate comparisons of agronomic parameters between the translocation lines and their wheat parental lines. Development of stable translocation lines also provides an opportunity to study the effect of barley chromosome arms on the quality traits of bread wheat. Of the three translocations, only the T4BS.4HL line showed a significant increase in the level of essential amino acids (except lysine). Since the amino acid content of the barley control Manas was lower than that of the wheat parents, it can be concluded that the 4HL chromatin may not act alone but rather in combination with the wheat alleles, responsible for the change in protein composition in the translocation line. Information about the genomic regions on barley chromosome 4H that affect amino acid levels has not yet been reported. Oddy et al. ( 2023 ) identified QTLs on the proximal (327 Mb) and distal (601, 547 and 518 Mb) parts of wheat chromosome arm 4BL, which are responsible for controlling glycine, glutamine, glutamic acid and asparagine. In the T4BS.4HL line, the barley chromosome arm may likely not only replace these wheat candidate genes but also contribute through novel allelic combinations to alterations in protein composition. The biosynthesis of amino acids is strongly dependent on the amount of nitrogen available from the soil. It should therefore be noted that the plants were grown under conditions of low nitrogen supply and without the application of fertilizer. A wide variability in the concentration of multiple elements has been observed within different barley populations (Mamo et al. 2014 ; Gyawali et al. 2017 ; Nyiraguhirwa et al. 2022 ), suggesting that the integration of barley chromatin into the wheat genome may induce changes in nutrient composition. In the T6BS.6HL line, we found that the barley chromosome arm has a positive effect on Ca content. There is no direct evidence that the 6H chromosome influences Ca levels; however, two genes ( rhi1 and rhs2 ) were mapped earlier in the centromere region, regulating the phenotypes of barley root hairs, and thereby macronutrient uptake (Janiak and Szarejko 2007 ; Chmielewska et al. 2014 ). The present work has shown that introgression of chromosome arms 6HS and 4HL can result in significant increases in iron and zinc concentrations, which is in agreement with the findings of some publications that reported a correlation between these genomic regions and micronutrient levels in barley (Uauy et al. 2006 ; Distelfeld et al. 2008 ; Nyiraguhirwa et al. 2022 ). The TtNAM-B1 gene plays a role in several functions, one of which is to accelerate the transport of microelements from leaves into the grains (Uauy et al. 2006 ). Its orthologous variants are located on 6BS and 6HS chromosome arms, thus, replacing the wheat allele with that of barley ( HvNAM-1 ) may result in elevated iron and zinc levels in the T6HS.6BL line (Uauy et al. 2006 ; Distelfeld et al. 2008 ). Nyiraguhirwa et al. ( 2022 ) identified two genomic regions in the long arm of barley chromosome 4H (615 and 598 Mb), one of which was associated with zinc, and the other with iron content, suggesting that the barley chromatin may be responsible for the change in the microelement levels in the T4BS.4HL line. Velu et al. ( 2017 ) detected a QTL ( Qzneff.sar_6B ) on the long arm of wheat chromosome 6B, conferring high zinc concentration. In addition, Mamo et al. ( 2014 ) identified two QTLs on chromosome 6HL (122.9 and 128.7 cM) that affect zinc content in barley grain. The low level of zinc in the T6BS.6HL and barley control genotypes could suggest that barley alleles are not able to replace the loss of the wheat 6BL chromosome arm functionally. Although the functional genes regulating the metabolism of minerals and amino acids were not under examination in the present work, the translocation lines provide helpful information for understanding the expression of allelic variants from barley in the wheat genetic background. Conclusions The incorporation of barley chromosome arms 4H and 6H into the wheat genome has led to the development of Robertsonian translocations with stable inheritance. Their similar agronomic performance compared to the parental wheat varieties indicates that introgressions have a negligible deleterious effect in the wheat genetic background, and their wheat chromosome set does not contain major structural changes, except for the 4BS.4HL centric fusion line, which carries two deletions on chromosomes 2D and 3B. In the present work, we have found that introgressed barley chromosome arms not only compensate for the lack of wheat chromosome arms but also improve nutrient composition (especially Ca and Fe) in the newly developed translocation lines. In situ hybridizations with barley genomic DNA probe and oligonucleotide DNA repeats, as well as PCR analysis with barley-specific molecular markers, were used to identify the wheat and barley chromosome arms in the compensating translocations, which were designated as T4BS.4HL, T6HS.6BL and T6BS.6HL. The high-resolution of GBS read coverage analysis confirmed the results obtained from the molecular marker analysis and cytogenetic methods and detected the presence of a pericentric inversion in the T6HS.6BL and T6BS.6HL lines. Stable centric fusion lines with good yield potential can serve as promising genetic materials for chromosome-mediated improvement of mineral components in wheat, which are in increasingly demand as the global population grows. Declarations Competing interest All authors declare they have no conflict of interests. Funding This paper was financed by the Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office under Grant Agreement (FK145848 and TKP2021-NKTA-06), by the EU Horizon Europe project COUSIN (Nr. 101135314) and by the FreeWheat project (FKZ 031B1426A) in the frame of the Bioeconomy International programm of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space. Péter Mikó and Klaudia Kruppa received funding for their work through the MTA Bolyai János Research Scholarship (BO/00206/24/4 and BO/00013/25). Author contributions Conceptualization István Molnár, László Ivanizs and Márta Molnár-Láng; methodology István Molnár, Klaudia Kruppa, Douchkov Dimitar, Tünde Pusztahelyi, András Farkas, Edina Türkösi and Kitti Szőke-Pázsi; investigation Eszter Gaál, András Farkas, Edina Türkösi, Klaudia Kruppa, Éva Szakács, Kitti Szőke-Pázsi, Péter Mikó, Marianna Rakszegi, Péter Kovács, Balázs Kalapos, László Ivanizs, Douchkov Dimitar, Jan Bartoš, Tünde Pusztahelyi; resources István Molnár, Edina Türkösi, Péter Mikó; data curation István Molnár, Jan Bartoš, Balázs Kalapos; writing-original draft preparation László Ivanizs, Eszter Gaál and István Molnár; writing-review István Molnár, Klaudia Kruppa and Mahmoud Said; visualization László Ivanizs, Balázs Kalapos, Klaudia Kruppa, Eszter Gaál, Péter Kovács, Andrea Gulyás, Mahmoud Said and Norbert Hidvégi; project administration István Molnár; funding administration István Molnár, Edina Türkösi, Péter Mikó. 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Barley grain- Feed Ind Guid 22–24 Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Supplementary Files Supplementarymaterial.docx SupplementaryTable1.xlsx Supplementary Table 1. Data on primer pairs used to detect barley chromosome arms. SupplementaryTable2.xlsx Supplementary Table 2. Results of selection for the plants carrying 6BS.6HL or 6HS.6BL translocation. SupplementaryTable3.xlsx Supplementary Table 3. Results of selection for the plants carrying 4BS.4HL translocation. SupplementaryTable4.xlsx Supplementary Table 4. Number of reads, number of average reads per 1Mb bin and average of normalized read values per 1 Mb bin data of Asakaze wheat, Manas barley and 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL translocation lines mapped onto the T. aestivum - H. vulgare in silico hybrid. 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The \u003cem\u003eBmac0316\u003c/em\u003e marker, located on the short arm (6HS), and the \u003cem\u003eEBMac0806\u003c/em\u003emarker, mapped to the long arm (6HL) of chromosome 6H, were tested on wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja, barley cultivar Manas, and the translocation lines 6HS.6BL/Asakaze/Rannajaand 6BS.6HL/Asakaze/Rannaja.The arrows indicate the presence of barley-specific PCR products in the tested samples. A 35-500 bp DNA ladder was used as a molecular-weight size standard to estimate the fragment sizes.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"floatimage3.png","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/320596830563ae75585a9454.png"},{"id":87283215,"identity":"759b58a2-3e1e-4679-9681-c469d0a41fba","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 10:07:24","extension":"png","order_by":4,"title":"Figure 4","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"figure","size":477001,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003eDetectionand identification of wheat-barley centric fusion lines using genomic \u003cem\u003ein situ \u003c/em\u003ehybridization (GISH) and fluorescence \u003cem\u003ein situ\u003c/em\u003e hybridization (FISH) on mitotic metaphase chromosome spreads. \u003cstrong\u003ea)\u003c/strong\u003e The barley 6HL arm was detected with barley genomic DNA as a GISH probe, visualized in red. The wheat 6BS arm was identified using the oligo-pTa71 FISH probe, producing a yellow signal. \u003cstrong\u003eb)\u003c/strong\u003eThe barley 6HS arm, including secondary constrictions, was visualised in red. The pSc119.2 signals marked the presence of the wheat 6BL chromosome arm. DAPI-stained wheat chromosomes appear blue. Wheat-barley centric fusion chromosomes are indicated by yellow arrows. Scale bar = 10 μm.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"floatimage4.png","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/cc05bf10cbb07511ab989622.png"},{"id":87283219,"identity":"c3473e73-31d7-45f7-bca4-4d12e8d8aef7","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 10:07:24","extension":"png","order_by":5,"title":"Figure 5","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"figure","size":676318,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003eDetectionand identification of the 4BS.4HL centric fusion line using genomic \u003cem\u003ein situ\u003c/em\u003e hybridization (GISH) and fluorescence \u003cem\u003ein situ\u003c/em\u003e hybridization (FISH) on mitotic metaphase chromosome spreads. \u003cstrong\u003ea)\u003c/strong\u003e The entire barley 4HL chromosome arm was detected by GISH and visualized in red. \u003cstrong\u003eb)\u003c/strong\u003e FISH signals on the same cell show a strong pSc119.2 signal, identifying the presence of the wheat 4BS chromosome arm in the centric fusion. DAPI-stained wheat chromosomes are shown in blue. Wheat-barley centric fusions are indicated by yellow arrows. Scale bar = 10 μm.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"floatimage5.png","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/c875eb71fbb4bde45e247682.png"},{"id":87281703,"identity":"4cd6ed0f-8a03-46bb-a0a5-aef6c62bb1c1","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 09:51:24","extension":"png","order_by":6,"title":"Figure 6","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"figure","size":756143,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003eNormalized GBS read coverage of the wheat (Asakaze) and barley (Manas) parental cultivars, and the 6HS.6BL and 6BS.6HL translocation lines along the 6B and 6H chromosomes of the \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e hybrid. The x-axis represents the genomic position within the chromosome in Mb, while the y-axis shows the normalized read coverage. Green arrows mark the incorporation of the 6HS chromosome arm in the place of 6BS arm in line T6HS.6BL, while purple arrows indicate that the 6HL chromosome arm replaces the 6BL arm in line T6BS.6HL. Orange arrows indicate a small, 36 Mb-long region (between 218-254 Mb) that is missing from the T6HS.6BL line but is present in the T6BS.6HL line. Turquoise arrows mark the adjacent 28 Mb-long region (between 255-283 Mb) that is present in the T6HS.6BL line but is missing from the T6BS.6HL line.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"floatimage6.png","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/820ba87b77025cf255ae1838.png"},{"id":87283216,"identity":"725378f6-6c3a-49a0-92d6-07e53c995297","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 10:07:24","extension":"png","order_by":7,"title":"Figure 7","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"figure","size":249985,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003eComparison of the introgressed chromosomes in T6HS.6BL and T6BS.6HL lines with barley chromosome 6H based on short-read mapping to the combined genomes of wheat (CS) and barley (Morex). Barley and wheat segments are shown in red and green, respectively. A 36 Mb (a) and a 28 Mb (b) barley-derived segment were identified flanking the main 6HS (217 Mb) and 6HL (279 Mb) regions, respectively. In T6BS.6HL, the barley chromatin includes regions (a) and 6HL, but lacks segment (b). In contrast, T6HS.6BL carries regions (b) and 6HS, but lacks segment (a). The two small segments (a and b) are reversed in position relative to their original location on chromosome 6H.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"floatimage7.png","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/10a76cb81314fbc137fd2c04.png"},{"id":87283217,"identity":"7e202869-39c1-4ff8-8680-f99d2723fed1","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 10:07:24","extension":"png","order_by":8,"title":"Figure 8","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"figure","size":561466,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003eNormalized GBS read coverage of the wheat (Asakaze) and barley (Manas) parental cultivars, and the 4BS.4HL translocation line along the 4B and 4H chromosomes of the \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e hybrid. The x-axis represents the genomic position within the chromosome in Mb, while the y-axis shows the normalized read coverage. Green arrows indicate the presence of the 4HL chromosome arm in the T4BS.4HL line, while the 4BL arm is absent.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"floatimage8.png","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/ecefc9a3919ce116a3bdc814.png"},{"id":87284836,"identity":"e5d6df1f-b29b-405d-bdc7-8705fa7cf149","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 10:23:27","extension":"pdf","order_by":0,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"manuscript-pdf","size":5513374,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"","description":"","filename":"manuscript.pdf","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/e0d712c2-c17a-4510-b51f-4c89546de858.pdf"},{"id":87281691,"identity":"ad63a82d-46ca-404b-971b-56b2fcdf48c3","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 09:51:24","extension":"docx","order_by":1,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"supplement","size":2372188,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"","description":"","filename":"Supplementarymaterial.docx","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/51b1d7dc23e14cefc394e1f9.docx"},{"id":87282741,"identity":"b7069a7c-e581-4464-983e-d41c71b5db86","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 09:59:24","extension":"xlsx","order_by":2,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"supplement","size":13337,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupplementary Table 1.\u003c/strong\u003e Data on primer pairs used to detect barley chromosome arms.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"SupplementaryTable1.xlsx","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/f80414713004829b6ebc3b95.xlsx"},{"id":87281684,"identity":"7e749b4f-07fd-4567-919d-2c80c54845ef","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 09:51:24","extension":"xlsx","order_by":3,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"supplement","size":14885,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupplementary Table 2. \u003c/strong\u003eResults of selection for the plants carrying 6BS.6HL or 6HS.6BL translocation.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"SupplementaryTable2.xlsx","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/d36c8adce05501e1bf03f9c4.xlsx"},{"id":87281688,"identity":"8fea95b0-b30c-4c17-bb08-60cfc311a9dd","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 09:51:24","extension":"xlsx","order_by":4,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"supplement","size":15491,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupplementary Table 3.\u003c/strong\u003e Results of selection for the plants carrying 4BS.4HL translocation.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"SupplementaryTable3.xlsx","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/aa79242e996b4cbc46d5dd50.xlsx"},{"id":87282747,"identity":"21619bb7-4609-4d56-b054-cabe4048ffa5","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-07-22 09:59:24","extension":"xlsx","order_by":5,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"supplement","size":21101,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupplementary Table 4. \u003c/strong\u003eNumber of reads, number of average reads per 1Mb bin and average of normalized read values per 1 Mb bin data of Asakaze wheat, Manas barley and 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL translocation lines mapped onto the \u003cem\u003eT. aestivum\u003c/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003eH. vulgare\u003c/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003ehybrid.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"SupplementaryTable4.xlsx","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7177471/v1/abba38d8337df397c4a3ae2a.xlsx"}],"financialInterests":"The authors declare no competing interests.","formattedTitle":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntrogression of barley chromosome arms 4H and 6H into wheat via Robertsonian translocations: GBS-assisted structural analysis and impact on grain nutrient composition\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","fulltext":[{"header":"Key message","content":"\u003cp\u003eMolecular marker analysis and \u003cem\u003ein situ\u003c/em\u003e hybridization techniques, combined with genotyping-by-sequencing, enable the selection of stable wheat-barley translocation lines, leading to chromosome-mediated improvement in grain quality.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"Introduction","content":"\u003cp\u003eAllohexaploid wheat (\u003cem\u003eTriticum aestivum\u003c/em\u003e L., 2n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;6x\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;42; BBAADD) is a globally cultivated cereal, that plays a central role in human nutrition. Although thousands of years of breeding have resulted in higher yields of modern wheat varieties, this process has led to a narrowing of its genetic variability (Tiwari et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR76\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2014\u003c/span\u003e). The genetic potential of bread wheat can be enhanced via hybridization with its related species, which is an efficient way for chromosome-mediated transfer of agronomically useful genes. Barley (\u003cem\u003eHordeum vulgare\u003c/em\u003e L., 2n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;2x\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;14; HH) as a cultivated relative of hexaploid wheat has proven to be a promising crossing partner for breeding programmes, whose gene pool represents a rich source of valuable traits such as earliness (Farkas et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR20\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2014\u003c/span\u003e) or high edible fibre (β-glucan) content (Cseh et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR12\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2013\u003c/span\u003e; T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR78\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e). The majority of barley varieties are resistant to Fusarium head blight (Huang et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR29\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e) or wheat powdery mildew (L\u0026uuml;ck et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR42\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2025\u003c/span\u003e) and exhibit tolerance to osmotic and salinity stress (Darko et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR15\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2015\u003c/span\u003e; Darko et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR14\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e), which can mitigate yield losses due to the negative impact of climate change.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides the adaptability and yield stability, a healthy diet has become an essential goal of cereal breeding programs in the 21st century. Barley is rich in essential amino acids (\u0026Aring;ssveen \u003cspan citationid=\"CR3\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2009\u003c/span\u003e; Zijstra and Beltranena \u003cspan citationid=\"CR86\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2015\u003c/span\u003e; Huang et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR28\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2020\u003c/span\u003e), which are found in limited amounts in the wheat grain. Some studies revealed a wide variation of their composition in the smaller and larger collections of barley cultivars (Knežević et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR36\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2007\u003c/span\u003e; Huang et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR28\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2020\u003c/span\u003e). In addition, a significant difference was observed in microelement concentration (especially Fe) between wheat (15\u0026ndash;22 mg/kg) and barley (24\u0026ndash;79 mg/kg) (Bityutskii et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR6\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e), with iron deficiency being a widespread nutritional problem affecting the diet of one-third of the human population (Hotz and Brown \u003cspan citationid=\"CR26\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2004\u003c/span\u003e). Therefore, due to its excellent nutritional value, barley can be utilized to improve the protein- and mineral composition of bread wheat, facilitating the production of functional foods. The grain protein content (GPC) in wheat is significantly influenced by \u003cem\u003eNAM-B1\u003c/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eTtNAM-B1\u003c/em\u003e) gene mapped on the short arm of chromosome 6B (Uauy et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR80\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2006\u003c/span\u003e). The functional \u003cem\u003eTtNAM-B1\u003c/em\u003e allele seems to have a pleiotropic effect, speeding up senescence of whole-plant and enhancing the remobilization of nitrogen and micronutrients from vegetative tissues to developing grains (Uauy et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR80\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2006\u003c/span\u003e). Distelfeld et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR16\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2008\u003c/span\u003e) dissected the collinearity between the wheat and barley genomic regions determining GPC, as a result, an orthologue of \u003cem\u003eTtNAM-B1\u003c/em\u003e locus (\u003cem\u003eHvNAM-1\u003c/em\u003e) was identified on the barley 6HS chromosome arm. Several candidate genes were detected and localised on chromosomes 4H and 6H that have a strong effect on the iron and zinc content in barley grain (Gyawali et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR24\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e; Nyiraguhirwa et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR56\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2022\u003c/span\u003e). Incorporation of these chromosome arms into the wheat genome allows for information about how the transferred barley genes modify the protein composition and mineral concentration in bread wheat.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ukrainian six-rowed barley cultivar Manas, adapted to the climatic conditions of Central Europe, exhibits outstanding agronomic performance (yield and nutritional parameters), thereby representing an attractive gene source for wheat breeding. To introduce these new allelic variations into wheat, the winter barley \u0026rsquo;Manas\u0026rsquo; and Japanese facultative wheat \u0026rsquo;Asakaze\u0026rsquo; were crossed to develop hybrids (Moln\u0026aacute;r-L\u0026aacute;ng et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR50\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2000\u003c/span\u003e), then a series of addition lines containing special chromosomes from barley in the wheat genetic background. A partial set of the Asakaze-Manas addition lines (2H, 3H, 4H, 6H, 7H) produced previously in Martonv\u0026aacute;s\u0026aacute;r are suitable for studying the effect of barley chromosomes transferred into wheat (Moln\u0026aacute;r-L\u0026aacute;ng et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR49\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2012\u003c/span\u003e). Nevertheless, wheat-barley aneuploids have a certain level of karyotypic instability, since barley chromosomes have a tendency to be eliminated from the wheat background over generations (Szak\u0026aacute;cs and Moln\u0026aacute;r-L\u0026aacute;ng \u003cspan citationid=\"CR73\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2010\u003c/span\u003e; Moln\u0026aacute;r-L\u0026aacute;ng et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR49\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2012\u003c/span\u003e). Therefore, maintenance of wheat-barley addition lines requires continuous cytogenetic monitoring, a time-consuming and labour-intensive process. Development of translocation lines with 42 chromosomes offers an opportunity to create genetically stable wheat pre-breeding materials carrying barley gene variants (Moln\u0026aacute;r-L\u0026aacute;ng et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR51\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2014\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne chromosome engineering strategy utilizes a special condition, where wheat and alien chromosomes are monosomic to induce centric breakage and fusion in the meiosis (Lukaszewski \u003cspan citationid=\"CR43\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1997\u003c/span\u003e; Friebe et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR21\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2005\u003c/span\u003e; Lukaszewski \u003cspan citationid=\"CR44\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2010\u003c/span\u003e). Crossing a wheat line monosomic for a wheat chromosome with a wheat-barley disomic addition carrying the corresponding barley chromosome may result in F\u003csub\u003e1\u003c/sub\u003e hybrid progenies containing wheat and barley univalents for the same homoeologous group in addition to 40 wheat chromosomes. In anaphase of meiosis I, the unpaired univalents may suffer breakage at their centromeres, after which the broken arms of wheat and barley chromosomes can occasionally fuse, forming Robertsonian translocations (Friebe et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR21\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2005\u003c/span\u003e). There have already been a few reports on non-homeologous (Cseh et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR11\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2011\u003c/span\u003e) and compensating (Danilova et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR13\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e; T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR78\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e) Robertsonian translocations obtained from the misdivison-fusion mechanism between the monosomic chromosomes of wheat and barley.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe use of the gametocide (\u003cem\u003eGc\u003c/em\u003e) system is another non-recombination mechanism to induce random translocations between wheat and alien chromosomes, including barley (Said et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR65\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2024\u003c/span\u003e). The gametocide genes in \u003cem\u003eAegilops\u003c/em\u003e species can generate random chromosome breaks, resulting in various abnormalities such as deletions, insertions, inversions, or translocations (Endo \u003cspan citationid=\"CR19\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1990\u003c/span\u003e). Gametes containing \u003cem\u003eGc\u003c/em\u003e chromosomes are passed continuously to the next generation, whereas gametes lacking them are either aborted or undergo non-lethal chromosome breakages. The broken ends can join with other chromosome fragments, leading to the formation of translocations. Therefore, \u003cem\u003eGc\u003c/em\u003e genes can be used in chromosome-mediated gene transfer between different species (namely, wheat and barley). \u003cem\u003eGc\u003c/em\u003e chromosomes originating from various \u003cem\u003eAegilops\u003c/em\u003e species, including \u003cem\u003eAe. cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e, have been incorporated into the genetic background of wheat, producing addition lines (Endo \u003cspan citationid=\"CR19\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1990\u003c/span\u003e; Friebe et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR22\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1999\u003c/span\u003e; Kwiatek et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR41\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e). Among these, the 2C chromosome of \u003cem\u003eAegilops cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e, the 3C of \u003cem\u003eAegilops triuncialis\u003c/em\u003e, and the 4M of \u003cem\u003eAegilops geniculata\u003c/em\u003e have been most frequently used as crossing partners with other wheat-alien addition lines to induce wheat-alien chromosome rearrangements, including wheat-barley introgressions (Schubert et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR68\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1998\u003c/span\u003e; Shi and Endo \u003cspan citationid=\"CR70\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2000\u003c/span\u003e). Numerous studies have reported that the gametocide effect of the \u003cem\u003eAegilops\u003c/em\u003e chromosomes (2C, 3C) induced structural rearrangements in chromosomes 2H (Joshi et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR33\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2011\u003c/span\u003e), 3H (Sakai et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR66\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2009\u003c/span\u003e), 4H (Sakata et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR67\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2010\u003c/span\u003e), 5H (Ashida et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR2\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2007\u003c/span\u003e), 6H (Ishihara et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR30\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2014\u003c/span\u003e) and 7H (Serizawa et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR69\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2001\u003c/span\u003e) of the barley cultivar \u0026rsquo;Betzes\u0026rsquo; added to the wheat variety \u0026rsquo;Chinese Spring\u0026rsquo; (CS). Dissection lines containing rearranged barley chromosomes were developed from crosses of wheat-barley and wheat-\u003cem\u003eAegilops\u003c/em\u003e addition lines, which were used to physically map a number of barley-specific expressed sequence tags (ESTs).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe success of chromosome-mediated gene transfer depends on the ability to identify even minor alien chromosome segments in the wheat genetic background within a large population. It is necessary to use a high-capacity selection system that allows the detection of transferred chromatin at high resolution. Molecular cytogenetic methods, fluorescence- and genomic \u003cem\u003ein situ\u003c/em\u003e hybridisation (FISH and GISH) are suitable techniques for identifying and tracking foreign chromosome fragments in wheat background, but they are less efficient for screening large populations (Kuraparthy et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR40\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2009\u003c/span\u003e). PCR-based molecular marker techniques, such as microsatellite or S-SAP markers, have opened the way for high-throughput selection in pre-breeding population (Nagy et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR54\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2002\u003c/span\u003e; Nagy et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR55\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2006\u003c/span\u003e; Cseh et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR11\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2011\u003c/span\u003e; T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR78\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e). However, the physical position of marker sequences on the chromosome can only be localised with limited fidelity, making it difficult to utilise them for accurate mapping of the transferred chromatin segments. The combination of molecular marker analysis and \u003cem\u003ein situ\u003c/em\u003e hybridization has been effectively applied worldwide to characterise wheat-barley introgressions, despite its limited resolution for detecting the small chromatin fragments (Rey et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR63\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2015\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) is a high-resolution multiplex method that allows the generation of large amounts of sequences covering the entire genome of a large number of individuals (Poland et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR59\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2012a\u003c/span\u003e; Pootakham et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR61\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2016\u003c/span\u003e). Hexaploid wheat has a large and complex genome with a huge amount of repetitive elements, which can be resolved by a reduced-representation sequencing approach through the use of two restriction endonucleases (frequent- and rare-cutter). The combination of double digestion of genomic DNA and next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies offers the possibility to obtain high-throughput polymorphic short-reads spread over the whole genome, most of which originate from the gene-rich regions (Elshire et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR18\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2011\u003c/span\u003e). The advantages of GBS have been successfully exploited for genotyping, diversity analysis, association, linkage, and physical mapping of wheatgrasses (Comadran et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR9\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2011\u003c/span\u003e; Kumar et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR38\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2015\u003c/span\u003e; Baloch et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR4\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e; Monostori et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR53\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e; Dracatos et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR17\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2019\u003c/span\u003e). The extensive set of GBS markers provides a dense coverage of the whole genome; therefore, it is effectively applicable for detecting major and minor chromosome rearrangements in wheat breeding populations (Adhikari et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR1\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2022\u003c/span\u003e; Ga\u0026aacute;l et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR23\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2024\u003c/span\u003e; Kruppa et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR37\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2025\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe current work reports the development of two compensating wheat-barley translocation lines containing short (6HS.6BL) or long arm (6BS.6HL) of barley chromosome 6H, which were induced by the centric fission-fusion mechanism of the unpaired chromosomes. In addition, another homoeologous Robertsonian translocation encompassing the long arm (4BS.4HL) of barley chromosome 4H is also presented here, which was produced using the gametocidal effect of chromosome 2C of \u003cem\u003eAe. cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e. The chromosome constitution of the newly developed translocation lines was examined using molecular cytogenetic methods (GISH and FISH). GBS read coverage analysis enables the detailed characterization and revelation of the chromosome constitution of centric fusions and wheat genetic background, by aligning with reference genomes of hexaploid wheat cultivar CS and barley variety Morex. Further objectives of this paper were: 1) to comprehensively study the effect of barley chromosome arms on agronomic performance and nutrient composition of wheat, and 2) to produce stable and fertile translocation lines that can serve as a genetic basis for improving breeding value of hexaploid wheat.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"Material and methods","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlant material\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo crossing programmes were conducted to introgress barley chromosome segments into the wheat genome, producing stable translocation lines. In the first programme, the winter wheat cultivar Rannaja 6B monosomic stock was crossed as a female parent with the wheat \u0026rsquo;Asakaze\u0026rsquo;-barley \u0026rsquo;Manas\u0026rsquo; 6H disomic addition line (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig1\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHybrids with 42 chromosomes, which are double monosomic for chromosomes 6B and 6H were selected in the F\u003csub\u003e1\u003c/sub\u003e generation using 6H-specific microsatellite markers (\u003cem\u003eBmac0316\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEBmac0806\u003c/em\u003e) and Feulgen staining. After self-pollination of the selected F\u003csub\u003e1\u003c/sub\u003e plants, the F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e progenies were screened using the same microsatellite markers, and then the F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e individuals carrying only one arm of chromosome 6H were analysed using GISH to visualise the Robertsonian translocations. The plants containing the translocation in disomic form were also selected with GISH in the F\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e generation. The wheat (6B) chromosome arm involved in the two translocations was identified using FISH.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the other pre-breeding programme, a cross between Asakaze-Manas 4H and CS-\u003cem\u003eAe. cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e 2C addition lines led to the development of F\u003csub\u003e1\u003c/sub\u003e hybrids, in the descendants of which chromosome 2C is expected to induce structural rearrangement in barley chromosome 4H (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig2\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e2\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenomic DNA of barley was used to carry out GISH on the F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e generation genotypes in order to identify plants with the translocation. Thereafter, F\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e individuals containing translocations in homozygous form were also selected using GISH. The offsprings were analysed using FISH and 4H-specific microsatellite markers (\u003cem\u003eHvM40\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHvM67\u003c/em\u003e) to identify the wheat and barley parts of the introgression. Genomic DNA from \u003cem\u003eAe. cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e was used as a hybridization probe for GISH to check the presence or absence of chromosome 2C in the genetic background of the translocation line.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eField experiments and agronomic investigation\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe field phenotyping trial was conducted at a low-input location (T\u0026uuml;kr\u0026ouml;s nursery, Martonv\u0026aacute;s\u0026aacute;r, Hungary; geographic coordinates: 47\u0026deg;18\u0026rsquo;40\u0026rdquo; N, 18\u0026deg;46\u0026rsquo;56\u0026rdquo; E) during the 2023-24 season, which belongs to HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute. The translocation lines 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL, and 4BS.4HL, along with the Asakaze and Rannaja parental wheat and the Manas barley cultivars, were grown in chernozem soil. In the low-input nursery, which is a pesticide-free location, 50 seeds of each genotype were sown in 5 \u0026times; 1 m rows (10 seeds per row) with a row distance of 0.15 m. Ten plants per genotype were randomly assigned and selected for characterization of the following morphological traits: plant height (cm), tillering (spikes per plant), seeds per spikelet, length of the main spike (cm), number of seeds per main spike, number of spikelets per main spike and number of seeds per plant. Seed parameters like seed length (cm), width (cm), and thousand-grain weight (TGW) were measured using MARVIN 5.0 Seed Analyzer (MARViTECH GmbH, Germany). Plant height and tillering were recorded in the field immediately before harvest, while the other spike and seed parameters were assessed after harvest. After evaluating the morphological parameters, the seed samples were used for the investigation of grain total amino acid and mineral composition.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenomic and fluorescence\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ein situ\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ehybridization\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerminating seeds of the wheat-barley translocation lines were grown in a hydroponic system, in which root tip meristem cells were synchronised using hydroxyurea dissolved in Hoagland solution and accumulated in metaphase using amiprofos-methyl (Vr\u0026aacute;na et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR82\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2016a\u003c/span\u003e; Vr\u0026aacute;na et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR83\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2016b\u003c/span\u003e). The \u0026rsquo;air dry drop\u0026rsquo; approach was used to prepare the chromosome spreads (Kato et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR34\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2004\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo detect and identify the wheat and barley chromosome segments in the translocations, FISH and GISH techniques were used simultaneously with three differently coloured probes: genomic DNA from \u003cem\u003eHordeum vulgare\u003c/em\u003e (to detect the barley genome), pSc119.2 (Contento et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR10\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2005\u003c/span\u003e) and oligo-pTa71 (Tang et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR75\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2014\u003c/span\u003e) FISH probes. Barley DNA was labelled with the BioPrime\u0026trade; DNA Labeling System (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, USA), however, a modified dNTP mix that included digoxigenin-11-dUTP from Roche was utilized, resulting in red signals. For the pSc119.2 probe labeling, the BioNick\u0026trade; Labeling System (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, USA) was used, producing a green signal. Integrated DNA Technologies (Coralville, USA) synthesized the oligonucleotide probe pTa71. Digoxigenin and biotin were added to the synthetic oligonucleotides at their 5\u0026prime; ends, and when combined in a 6:5 ratio, a yellow signal was detectable. The hybridization mixture comprised 100 ng of the labeled barley genomic probes, 20 ng of oligo-pTa71, 70 ng of pSc119.2, and 3000 ng of bread wheat DNA as a blocker per slide, and dissolved in a 15 \u0026micro;l mixture of 100% formamide, 20 \u0026times; SSC, 25% dextran-sulfate, and 10% SDS in a ratio of 5:1:2:0.1. Hybridization was carried out overnight at 42\u0026deg;C.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter post-treatments, digoxigenin and biotin were detected as red and green signals during the detection phase using streptavidin-Alexa Fluor 488 conjugate (Molecular Probes, Waltham, USA) and Anti-Digoxigenin- Rhodamine Fab fragments (Roche) dissolved in TNB (Tris-NaCl blocking buffer). The chromosomes were counterstained with 2 \u0026micro;g/ml DAPI (4\u0026rsquo;,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) and mounted in Vectashield antifade solution (Vector Laboratories).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo monitor chromosome 2C in the 4BS.4HL translocation line, the genomic DNA of \u003cem\u003eAe. cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e was used for GISH. The protocol followed was the same as described for GISH performed with barley genomic DNA probe.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe slides were examined using a fully automated, high-throughput Zeiss Axio Imager Z2 upright epifluorescence microscope (Carl Zeiss Ltd.). Images were captured using a MetaSystems CoolCube 4 USB laboratory camera; image analysis was performed using Metafer 4 (version 4.3, automated metaphase image acquisition) and ISIS (image processing) software (MetaSystems GmbH).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolecular marker analysis\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Genomic DNA was extracted from fresh young leaves (plants at the 2-leaf stage) collected from wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja, barley cultivar Manas, and the 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL translocation genotypes, using the Quick Gene-Mini80 (FujiFilm, Japan) with a QuickGene DNA tissue kit (FujiFilm, Japan) according to the manufacturer's instructions (Cseh et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR11\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2011\u003c/span\u003e). The genomic DNA samples of F\u003csub\u003e1\u003c/sub\u003e and F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e hybrids developed from a crossing of Rannaja 6B monosomic line and the Asakaze-Manas 6H addition lines were used for marker-assisted selection of the translocation lines.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePCR amplification of four barley-specific primer pairs (\u003cem\u003eBmac0301\u003c/em\u003e- 6HS, \u003cem\u003eEBmac0806\u0026ndash;6\u003c/em\u003eHL, \u003cem\u003eHvM40\u003c/em\u003e- 4HS, and \u003cem\u003eHvM67\u003c/em\u003e- 4HL) was performed on DNA templates extracted from plant samples to detect the presence of chromosome arms 6HS, 6HL, and 4HL. The PCR reactions were carried out in a final volume of 15 \u0026micro;l contained 20 ng of template DNA, 1.5 \u0026micro;l of 10\u0026times; key reaction buffer (final MgCl\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e concentration of 1.5 mmol/l), 200 \u0026micro;mol/l of each dNTP, 0.2 \u0026micro;mol/l of forward and reverse primers, and 0.375 U of TEMPase Hot Start DNA Polymerase (VWR International, Belgium). The PCR profiles, annealing temperatures, and oligonucleotide sequences of the primer pairs are available in the GrainGenes database (\u003cspan class=\"ExternalRef\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"RefSource\"\u003ehttps://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG3/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan address=\"https://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG3/\" targettype=\"URL\" class=\"RefTarget\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e) and are included in Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;1. The PCR amplicons were separated using a Fragment Analyzer\u0026trade; Automated CE System equipped with a 96-Capillary Array Cartridge (Advanced Analytical Technologies, USA). The separated fragments were visualised as digital capillary electrophoresis gel images by using PROsize v2.0. software (Advanced Analytical Technologies, USA) to analyse the size and concentration data of all the genotypes examined.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGBS library development and read coverage analysis\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenomic DNA was extracted from fresh young leaves (plants at 2-leaf stage) of wheat cultivar Asakaze, barley cultivar Manas, and translocation genotypes 6HS.6HL, 6BS.6HL, and 4BS.4HL using BioSprint DNA kit (Qiagen Inc.) following the manufacturer\u0026rsquo;s protocol.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe double-digest restriction site-associated DNA (ddRAD) library was constructed following the protocol described by Yang et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR84\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2016\u003c/span\u003e) with minor modifications. Genomic DNA of the plant samples was digested using restriction enzymes MspI and SphI, and the resulting fragments were ligated to sequences of P1 and P2 adapter sequences with barcodes and primers containing indexes according to Poland et al. (2012). The pooled samples were size-selected for fragment sizes of 350 to 390 bp using a dye-free BluePippin 1.5% gel cassette (BDF1510) (Sage Science, Beverly, MA, USA). All sublibraries were pooled equimolarly and sequenced on a NovaSeq 6000 platform (Illumina) using the SP reagent kit v1.5 in a 2 \u0026times; 150 bp configuration at the Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Chech Republic.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mixed genome of an \u0026rsquo;\u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e wheat \u0026times; barley hybrid\u0026rsquo; was constructed by concatenating the reference pseudomolecules of CS wheat (IWGSC RefSeq v2.1) (Zhu et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR85\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2021\u003c/span\u003e) and Morex barley (Mascher et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR47\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e). Quality-filtered read data from translocation and parental lines were aligned to the reference sequences of this combined genome assembly using HISAT2 v.2.1.0 (Kim et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR35\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2019\u003c/span\u003e), to characterise the chromosome constitution of the translocation lines at high resolution. GBS read coverage analysis \u0026mdash; including sequence alignment, read counts normalization, and data filtering \u0026mdash; was performed using a high-throughput bioinformatics pipeline following the protocol of Adhikari et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR1\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2022\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvaluation of total amino acid and mineral composition\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSample preparation\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProtein and mineral composition analyses were performed on the grain samples collected from the translocation lines 6BS.6HL, 6HS.6BL, 4BS.4HL, as well as from the parental wheat (Asakaze and Rannaja) and barley (Manas) varieties. Wholemeal samples were obtained from 10 grams of seed per genotype using a Retsch Mixer Mill MM 400 ball mill (Retsch, Haan, Germany), and were immediately refrigerated and stored at \u0026minus;\u0026thinsp;20\u0026deg;C prior to use. Whole grain flour samples were subsequently analysed for amino acid and mineral composition at the Central Laboratory of Agricultural and Food Products at the University of Debrecen for further study. Measurements were performed in two technical replicates for each genotype.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmino acid composition\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProtein concentration was determined using the Kjeldahl method (Lynch and Barbano \u003cspan citationid=\"CR45\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1999\u003c/span\u003e). Following digestion in sulphuric acid and Selenium-containing catalyst (VWR International Ltd., Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK), ammonium was distilled using a VEPL UDK-149 Distiller (VELP Scientifica, Usmate Velate, Italy) and titrated with an automatic titrator (Velp Titroline 5000). The protein content was calculated from the nitrogen content. The conversion factor was 6.38. Measurements were repeated when the coefficient of variation (CV%) was above 10%.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor amino acid analysis, 0.5 mg of wholemeal flour was hydrolysed with 5 M HCl at 105\u0026deg;C for 5 h (Memmert UN55, Buechenbach, Germany), then filtered through a regenerated cellulose filter (0.2 \u0026micro;m, Whatman Spartan syringe filter) and diluted to equal protein concentration. Amino acid quantification was carried out using an automatic AAA 500 amino acid analyser (INGOS Ltd., Prague, Czech Republic), based on low-pressure ion-exchange chromatography with post-column derivatisation using ninhydrin. Photometric detection was performed at two wavelengths: 210 nm and 254 nm. A standard amino acid mixture (INGOS Ltd., Prague, Czech Republic) was used as a reference. Recovery exceeded 95%. The amount of amino acids was expressed as a percentage of the total weight of the wholemeal flour.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMineral composition\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 1 g sample of whole grain flour from each genotype was used to determine the concentrations of macro- and microelements (Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, and Zn). Plant samples were digested using the pressure-resistant vessels of a microwave digester system (Milestone Ethos Plus, Italy). To all samples, 10 mL of HNO\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e and 3 mL of 30% (v/v) H\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003eO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e were added. Digestion was carried out at 120\u0026deg;C for 90 min, after which the samples were transferred to a 50 ml volumetric flask with distilled water, homogenised, and filtered (MN 640W paper; Macherey-Nagel, Germany). Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) was applied on an iCAP 7400 spectrophotometer (ThermoFischer Scientific, USA) to measure elemental concentrations. Calibration was performed using a multi-element standard solution prepared from mono-element standards (VWR International Ltd., Leuven, Belgium). Each data point represents the average of three technical replicates. Data were processed using Qtegra ISDS software (version 2.10, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA). The wavelenghts used for the measurements were: Ca 183.801nm {483} (Axial); Cu 324.754nm {104} (Axial); Fe 238.204nm {141} (Axial); Mg 202.582nm {118} (Axial); Mn 259.373nm {130} (Axial); Zn 213.856nm {458} (Axial).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"Sec3\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e\u003ch2\u003eStatistical analysis\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe agronomic traits of translocation lines 6BS.6HL, 6HS.6BL, and 4BS.4HL were compared pairwise with those of the parental wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to assess differences in agronomic traits among genotypes at a significance level of p\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.05. The chemical composition data on macro- and micronutrients were also evaluated using one-way ANOVA with the same significance threshold (\u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.05). For amino acid content, translocation lines were compared pairwise with the wheat parents using a two-sample \u003cem\u003et\u003c/em\u003e-test at three significance levels: \u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.05, \u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.01, and \u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.001.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},{"header":"Results","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevelopment and identification of the 6BS.6HL and 6HS.6BL translocation lines\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo incorporate barley chromosome 6H into the wheat genome, the Rannaja 6B monosomic wheat line was crossed as a female partner with the Asakaze-Manas 6H disomic addition line. Nineteen F\u003csub\u003e1\u003c/sub\u003e hybrid plants were screened for the presence of 42 chromosomes, including the barley chromosome, using 6H-specific microsatellite markers (\u003cem\u003eBmac0316\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEBmac0806\u003c/em\u003e) and Feulgen staining. Seven of the nineteen plants carried 42 chromosomes along with the barley 6H chromosome, indicating the double monosomic condition for the chromosomes 6B and 6H (Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;2.). In the F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e generation, forty individuals were screened for the presence of the 6H chromosome arms separately using the same barley-specific microsatellite markers. A total of four plants were produced, only the 6HS-specific PCR fragment, indicating that they carried only the short arm of chromosome 6H. Furthermore, nine plants were found to give a 6HL-specific amplicon, suggesting that they contained only the long arm of chromosome 6H (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig3\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarley genomic DNA was used for GISH analysis of the F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e genotypes selected by molecular markers, identifying three plants (7.5%) carrying a translocation comprising either the long arm (2 plants) or the short arm (1 plant) of chromosome 6H (Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;2.). Additionally, telocentric chromosomes were detected in ten other plants, whereas no isochromosomes were observed, indicating that the same chromosome arms of barley and wheat are not fused. Barley chromatin was absent in 21 out of the 40 F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e individuals analyzed. To trace the inheritance of the barley chromosome arms incorporated into the wheat genome, 30 plants from each group were also screened by GISH in the F\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e generation (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig4\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e4\u003c/span\u003e). Among these, five genotypes were disomic, 19 were monosomic, and 6 were nullisomic for the translocation involving the short arm of chromosome 6H. Furthermore, eight plants lacked the translocation containing the long arm of chromosome 6H, while three plants carried it in disomic form, and nineteen plants carried it in monosomic form. Repetitive DNA probes were employed in FISH to identify the wheat segments within the translocation lines. In the translocation containing the barley chromosome arm 6HL, the oligo-pTa71 probe \u0026mdash;which highlights the secondary constriction at the satellited region of 6BS\u0026mdash; produced a typical band on the short arm of chromosome 6B, but produced no signal on the long arm (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig4\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e4\u003c/span\u003e). Molecular marker and cytogenetic analyses demonstrated that the missing wheat 6BL arm is replaced by the barley 6HL arm, which is fused with 6BS arm to form the Robertsonian translocation T6BS.6HL (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig4\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e4\u003c/span\u003ea).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the other translocation containing the barley chromosome arm 6HS, strong terminal and subterminal pSc119.2 signals were detected on the wheat chromosome arm, which is typical for 6BL (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig4\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e4\u003c/span\u003eb). Therefore, this translocation was identified as T6HS.6BL.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdentification and selection of the 4BS.4HL translocation line\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo induce rearrangement and develop stable translocation involving barley chromosomes, crosses were made between the Asakaze-Manas 4H and CS-\u003cem\u003eAe. cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e 2C addition lines. F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e progenies were analysed by GISH using barley genomic DNA as a probe, revealing six genotypes carrying translocations out of 50 plants investigated (Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;3.). Additionally, two plants contained a telocentric chromosome, eighteen carried an entire barley chromosome, and one plant possessed both. Barley chromatin was absent in the remaining twenty-three F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e plants. Subsequent GISH analysis 65 F\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e plants revealed nine disomic and fourteen monosomic individuals for the translocation (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig5\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e5\u003c/span\u003e and Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;3.).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoreover, eleven plants were detected to carry an intact barley chromosome in addition to either a telocentric or a translocation chromosome. Fourteen F\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e progeny contained only telocentric or full-length barley chromosomes, while the remaining seventeen plants lacked barley chromatin altogether. A microsatellite marker (\u003cem\u003eHvM67\u003c/em\u003e), mapped on chromosome arm 4HL, produced a barley-specific PCR fragment in all F\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e genotypes previously identified as carrying the translocation in either monosomic or disomic form (Supplementary Fig. S1). FISH analysis revealed a prominent telomeric pSc119.2 signal on the translocated wheat chromosome arm, which is typical for 4BS. No wheat chromosome arm exhibiting the 4BL-specific pSc119.2 pattern (characterised by one telomeric and two interstitial bands) was detected in these lines (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig5\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e5\u003c/span\u003e). Based on molecular marker and cytogenetic analyses, this translocation was identified as the T4BS.4HL translocation.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo prevent further chromosomal aberrations and improve the karyotypic stability of the 4BS.4HL translocation line, plants lacking the \u003cem\u003eAe. cylindrica Gc\u003c/em\u003e chromosome (2C) were selected. Fifty progeny of F\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e plants carrying the disomic translocation were subjected to GISH using genomic DNA from \u003cem\u003eAe. cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e. The analysis revealed that 25 F\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e individuals lacked chromosome 2C, while the other half carried it either in homozygous (2 individuals) or heterozygous (23 individuals) form (Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;3.). In the F\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e generation, ten progeny derived from a single F\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e plant were found to lack chromosome 2C. This suggests that the F\u003csub\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003e parent also did not carry the chromosome with gametocidal effect, and thus its F\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e progeny may have only minor karyotypic abnormalities. The presence of barley chromatin in these ten F\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e plants, all from the same lineage, was monitored by GISH, confirming that they carried the translocation in a homozygous form. All three translocation lines (T6HS.6BL, T6BS.6HL, and T4BS.4HL) along with their parental wheat and barley varieties, were grown and maintained under greenhouse conditions (F\u003csub\u003e4\u003c/sub\u003e-F\u003csub\u003e6\u003c/sub\u003e) and field conditions (F\u003csub\u003e7\u003c/sub\u003e generation).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGBS read coverage mapping\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGBS platform was used to precisely characterise the extent and structure of the barley chromatin added to the wheat genome. Furthermore, we aimed to thoroughly examine karyotypic changes and instability within the wheat genetic background, which commonly accompany chromosome manipulation methods, particularly those involving the gametocidal system. Illumina short-reads generated from the wheat (Asakaze) and barley (Manas) control genotypes, as well as from the three translocation lines (T6HS.6BL, T6BS.6HL, and T4BS.4HL) were aligned to the reference sequences of the combined wheat-barley genome. When sequence tags from the wheat parental variety (Asakaze) were mapped onto this mixed reference, high normalized read values (0.865\u0026ndash;1.197 per Mb bin) were detected across the twenty-one wheat chromosomes of the \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e hybrid, while low read densities (0.009\u0026ndash;0.013 per Mb bin) were observed on the seven barley chromosomes (Supplementary Fig. S2 and Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.). This indicates that the wheat control genotype (Asakaze) showed strong coverage across the CS wheat reference pseudomolecules, making it suitable for mapping wheat chromosomes of the translocation lines. Similarly, the short-read sequences from the barley parent (Manas) exhibited high normalized read values (1.338\u0026ndash;1.416 per Mb bin) along the barley chromosomes, while low read values (0.002\u0026ndash;0.006 per Mb bin) were observed on the wheat chromosomes (Supplementary Fig. S3 and Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.). Given the high coverage of barley reads across the Morex barley reference pseudomolecule, this combined \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e hybrid genome is appropriate for accurately determining the extent of barley chromatin introgression.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe short-read sequences of all three translocation lines were detected in dense coverage (normalized read values ranged from 0.516 to 1.634 per Mb bin) on almost all chromosomes of the ABD genome of the \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e hybrid, except the 4BL or 6B chromosome arms. In terms of the T6HS.6BL line, an extremely low normalized read value (0.06 per 1 Mb) was observed on the first 345 Mb of the 6B \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e chromosome (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig6\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e6\u003c/span\u003e, Supplementary Fig. S4 and Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.). This wheat chromosomal interval is equal to the length of 6BS arm, which is missing from the translocation (Šaf\u0026aacute;ř et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR64\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2010\u003c/span\u003e; Zhu et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR85\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2021\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA high normalized read coverage (1.079 per 1 Mb) was revealed along the first region (217 Mb) of the 6H \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e chromosome (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig6\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e6\u003c/span\u003e and Supplementary Fig. S4 and Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.). However, a low average rate (0.009 per 1 Mb) was observed across the following 36 Mb region, which was followed by a 28 Mb interval exhibiting a high normalized read value (1.021 per 1 Mb). A low density of reads (0.011 per 1 Mb) was detected along the last 279 Mb long region, indicating that the latter segment is absent from the translocation, which covers most of the 6HL chromosome arm (Such\u0026aacute;nkov\u0026aacute; et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR72\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2006\u003c/span\u003e; Mascher et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR47\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e). The read coverage analysis of the T6HS.6BL line showed that the introgressed 6H chromatin consists of a 217 Mb and a 28 Mb long segment, and these two fragments delimit a section of 36 Mb length that is missing from the translocation (Figs.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig6\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e6\u003c/span\u003e and \u003cspan refid=\"Fig7\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e7\u003c/span\u003e, Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.). The length of barley chromatin involved in the T6HS.6BL line is 245 Mb - including the 217 and 28 Mb regions -, which comprises about 44% of the whole chromosome (560 Mb). This is largely consistent with the short arm, which accounts for 48% of the total chromosome size (Such\u0026aacute;nkov\u0026aacute; et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR72\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2006\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe finding obtained from GBS read coverage mapping confirmed the results of the molecular marker and cytogenetic analyses: the missing wheat 6BS arm is replaced by a large part of the barley 6HS arm, forming the 6HS.6BL translocation together with the entire wheat 6BL arm. In the case of the T6BS.6HL line, a high normalized read value (1.032 per Mb) was detected along the first 345 Mb region of chromosome 6B of the combined genome. In contrast, only an average value of 0.055 was found along the last 386 Mb region (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig6\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e6\u003c/span\u003e, Supplementary Fig. S5 and Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.), suggesting that the wheat fragment covering the length of the short arm is involved in the translocation, whereas the wheat segment corresponding to the long arm is missing (Šaf\u0026aacute;ř et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR64\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2010\u003c/span\u003e; Zhu et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR85\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2021\u003c/span\u003e). A very low normalized read value (0.014 per 1 Mb) was revealed along the first 217 Mb interval of the 6H \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e chromosome. At the same time, a high average rate (1.070 per 1 Mb) was observed in the subsequent 36 Mb region (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig6\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e6\u003c/span\u003e, Supplementary Fig. S5 and Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.). A low density of short-reads (0.007 per 1 Mb) was found in the next 28 Mb long region, whereas high normalized read coverage (0.980 per 1 Mb) was detected along the final 279 Mb region. As a result, the 36 Mb and 279 Mb segments with high read coverage constitute the barley chromatin in the T6BS.6HL line (Figs.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig6\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e6\u003c/span\u003e and \u003cspan refid=\"Fig7\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e7\u003c/span\u003e, Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.), which accounts for approximately 56% of the entire chromosome (561 Mb). This corresponds mainly to the long arm, which comprises 52% of the total chromosome length (Such\u0026aacute;nkov\u0026aacute; et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR72\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2006\u003c/span\u003e). GBS read coverage mapping demonstrated that the entire 6BS arm of wheat and most of the the 6HL arm of barley \u0026ndash; replacing the 6BL arm \u0026ndash; constitute the 6BS.6HL translocation, supporting the findings of previous analyses. For the T4BS.4HL line, a small number of reads (normalized read value of 0.054 per Mb bin) were mapped onto the last 356 Mb region of the \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e 4B chromosome (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig8\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e8\u003c/span\u003e, Supplementary Fig. S6 and Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.), indicating that the entire 4BL arm is missing from the translocation (Šaf\u0026aacute;ř et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR64\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2010\u003c/span\u003e; Zhu et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR85\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2021\u003c/span\u003e). In contrast, a larger normalized read coverage (0.927 per Mb bin) was detected along the last 335 Mb of the 4H \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e chromosome, proving that the barley fragment covering the entire 4HL arm is involved in the translocation (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig8\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e8\u003c/span\u003e and Supplementary Table\u0026nbsp;4.). This is also consistent with the results of SSR markers and cytogenetic analyses, confirming the presence of the 4BS.4HL translocation.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the T4BS.4HL line, low normalized read values (ranged from 0.010 to 0.233 per Mb bin) were detected along a 49 Mb long region (573\u0026ndash;622 Mb) of chromosome 2D and the last 127 Mb region (724\u0026ndash;851 Mb) of chromosome 3B, indicating the presence of large deletions in the wheat genetic background (Supplementary Fig. S6). A large number of GBS reads provided high coverage and density for both the parental and translocation lines, which were mapped onto the combined reference genome of the \u003cem\u003ein silico\u003c/em\u003e hybrid, ensuring detailed characterization of the introgressed barley chromosomes and the wheat genetic background.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorphological characterization\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo assess whether the barley chromosome arms compensate for the missing wheat chromosome arms in the newly identified homoeologous centric fusions, we compared morphological parameters between parental wheat and translocation lines.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plants were grown in a low-input field (T\u0026uuml;kr\u0026ouml;s Nursery), under weather typical of a continental climate. During the 2023-24 growing season, the experimental area received 460 mm of precipitation, including 120 mm of rainfall during the grain-filling period. Plant height of the T6BS.6HL and T6HS.6BL lines was considerably higher than that of the wheat control varieties and the T4BS.4HL line (Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab1\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e). Furthermore, the T6HS.6BL line exhibited the longest main spike, containing a slightly higher number of seeds compared to the wheat parents and the other two translocation genotypes. Tillering (number of spikes per plant) was highest (but not significantly) in the T6BS.6HL genotype, while the other two translocation lines displayed values similar to those of the \u0026rsquo;Asakaze\u0026rsquo; and \u0026rsquo;Rannaja\u0026rsquo; wheat controls. A higher number of spikelets per main spike was observed in all three translocation lines compared to the Asakaze and Rannaja wheat varieties. However, no significant differences were found between the translocation lines carrying 6H chromosome arms and the wheat parental cultivars in the number of seeds per main spike or fertility (number of seeds per spikelets on the main spike), except for the T4BS.4HL line, which showed the lowest values for these traits. The number of seeds per plant for all three translocation lines was similar to that of the \u0026rsquo;Asakaze\u0026rsquo; wheat parent, whereas the \u0026rsquo;Rannaja\u0026rsquo; wheat control exhibited significantly lower yield.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gridtable\"\u003e\u003ctable float=\"Yes\" id=\"Tab1\" border=\"1\"\u003e\u003ccaption language=\"En\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"CaptionNumber\"\u003eTable 1\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"CaptionContent\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorphological traits of the Asakaze and Rannaja parental wheat cultivars and the three translocation lines.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/caption\u003e\u003ccolgroup cols=\"6\"\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c1\" colnum=\"1\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c2\" colnum=\"2\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c3\" colnum=\"3\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c4\" colnum=\"4\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c5\" colnum=\"5\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c6\" colnum=\"6\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsakaze\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eRannaja\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6HS.6BL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6BS.6HL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e4BS.4HL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/thead\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant height\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(cm)\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e93.6\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;4.6 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ec\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e86.1\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;4.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ed\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e107.4\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;4.3\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e99.1\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;4.1\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e90.2\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;10.1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ecd\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. spikes per plant\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.8\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.8 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.4\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.8 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ec\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.4\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;1.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ebc\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.5\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.8 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.7\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.7 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLength of main spike (cm)\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.4\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;1.1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.1\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.6 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10.1\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.6\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.3\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;1.5 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.1\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.9 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. spikelets per main spike\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e18.2\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.7 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e19.1\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;1.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20.8\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;1.4\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e20.7\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;2.6 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22.2\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;2.1\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. seeds per main spike\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e41.8\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;6.9 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e43.8\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;7.8 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e49.3\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;5.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e45.1\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;13.3 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e37.2\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;9.0 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. seeds per spikelets\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.3 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.3 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.4 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.7\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.4 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo. seeds per plant\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e154\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;38 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e126\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;18 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e161\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;45 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e167\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;44 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e166\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;26 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrain length\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(mm)\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.6\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.6\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.3 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.8\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.4\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.4\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrain width\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(mm)\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.4\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.7\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.5\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.3\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.7\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThousand-grain weight (g)\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e37.5\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;4.4 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e41.5\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;3.2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e42.8\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;3.9 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e37.0\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;4.1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e41.0\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;4.1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/colgroup\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eData expressed as mean\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;SD of 10 plants per genotype for each agronomic parameter. Different letters indicate significant differences between the genotypes at \u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.05, as determined by one-way ANOVA.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of the translocation lines exhibited seed-related traits (such as grain width and length) that were significantly higher than those of the wheat varieties; consequently, their thousand-grain weight (TGW) values were also similar. The T6HS.6BL/Asakaze/Rannaja translocation line developed long-awned spikes resembling those of the Asakaze wheat cultivar. In contrast, the T6BS.6HL/Asakaze/Rannaja line produced shorter, awned main spikes, similar to the Rannaja cultivar. The spikes of the T4BS.4HL/Asakaze translocation genotype, characterised by short awn stubs, showed a high degree of similarity to those of the Asakaze wheat parental cultivar (Supplementary Fig. S7).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnalysis of the amino acid and mineral composition\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe were interested not only in whether the incorporated barley chromosome arms functionally replace their wheat counterparts, but also whether they could enhance the quality traits of bread wheat. To investigate the effect of introgressed barley chromosome arms on the amino acid composition of wheat grain, the wheat-barley translocation lines were compared with wheat varieties Asakaze and Rannaja. The T4BS.4HL genotype contained significantly higher levels of all essential amino acids, except lysine, compared to both the wheat cultivars and the other two translocation genotypes (T6HS.6BL and T6BS.6HL). Additionally, the Manas barley parent exhibited the lowest proportion of these protein compounds among all tested genotypes, suggesting that the increased amino acid content in the T4BS.4HL line was not solely due to the presence of barley chromatin, but rather to the combined effect of wheat and barley alleles (Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab2\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e2\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gridtable\"\u003e\u003ctable float=\"Yes\" id=\"Tab2\" border=\"1\"\u003e\u003ccaption language=\"En\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"CaptionNumber\"\u003eTable 2\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"CaptionContent\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential amino acid content (m/m%) in wholemeal samples of wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja, barley cultivar Manas and translocation lines 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/caption\u003e\u003ccolgroup cols=\"7\"\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c1\" colnum=\"1\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c2\" colnum=\"2\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c3\" colnum=\"3\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c4\" colnum=\"4\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c5\" colnum=\"5\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c6\" colnum=\"6\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c7\" colnum=\"7\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsakaze\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eRannaja\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eManas\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6HS.6BL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6BS.6HL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e4BS.4HL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/thead\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHR\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.36\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.29\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.03\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.33\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.29\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.35\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.44\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01***\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eVAL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.54\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.03\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.47\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.03\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.45\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.03\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.46\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.00\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.55\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.05\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.67\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.04*\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMET\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.11\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.06\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.07\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.00\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.05\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.00\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.10\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.18\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01***\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eILE\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.41\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.04\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.36\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.00\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.29\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.39\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.41\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" 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colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.90\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.08\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.10\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.02**\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePHE\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.53\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.04\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.46\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.04\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.40\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.45\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.04\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.45\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.04\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.78\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.07**\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHIS\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.28\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.24\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.02\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.19\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.02\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.32\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.03\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.31\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01*\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.38\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.02***\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLYS\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.48\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.04\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.41\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.45\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.03\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.53\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.51\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.03\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\"\u0026plusmn;\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.53\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/colgroup\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHR, threonine; VAL, valine; MET, methionine; ILE, isoleucine; LEU, leucine; PHE, phenylalanine; HIS, histidine; LYS, lysine. Data are expressed as the mean\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;SD per genotype for each parameter.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*, **, *** indicate significant difference from the corresponding wheat parent at \u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.05, \u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.01 and \u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.001 levels, respectively, using two-sample \u003cem\u003et\u003c/em\u003e-test.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDifferences in mineral content were also analysed between the translocation lines and their parental wheat and barley cultivars. The T6BS.6HL line exhibited a significantly higher Calcium (Ca) content compared to both the wheat and barley parents, as well as the other two translocation lines. Furthermore, the Ca concentration in the Manas barley was considerably higher than in the wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja, suggesting a positive effect of the barley 6HL chromatin (Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab3\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gridtable\"\u003e\u003ctable float=\"Yes\" id=\"Tab3\" border=\"1\"\u003e\u003ccaption language=\"En\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"CaptionNumber\"\u003eTable 3\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"CaptionContent\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMineral content (mg/kg) in wholemeal samples of wheat cultivars Asakaze and Rannaja, barley cultivar Manas and translocation lines 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/caption\u003e\u003ccolgroup cols=\"7\"\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c1\" colnum=\"1\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c2\" colnum=\"2\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c3\" colnum=\"3\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c4\" colnum=\"4\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c5\" colnum=\"5\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c6\" colnum=\"6\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c7\" colnum=\"7\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cthead\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsakaze\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eRannaja\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eManas\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6HS.6BL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6BS.6HL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e4BS.4HL\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/th\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/thead\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCa\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e573\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ecd\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e576\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;3 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ecd\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e643\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e580\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;1 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ec\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e775\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.2\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e568\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;2 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ed\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCu\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.77\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.10 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.44\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.13 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.24\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.11 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ebc\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.30\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.02 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.06\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.06 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ec\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.71\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.01 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ed\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFe\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e39.32\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.40 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ed\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e39.07\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.50 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ed\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e43.99\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.12 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ec\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e58.34\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.27\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e44.46\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.36 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ec\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e56.23\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.34\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMg\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1439\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;18 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1542\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;41 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eab\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1358\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;31 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1681\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;22\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1710\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;17\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1337\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;17 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ebc\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMn\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e48.08\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.16 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e41.31\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.33 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ed\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e17.77\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.15 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ee\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e55.92\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.10\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e46.29\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.29 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ec\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e48.39\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.05 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eZn\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e41.06\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.06 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ec\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e37.99\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.12 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ed\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e30.57\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.57 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ee\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e44.32\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.23\u003c/b\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e31.49\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.38 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003ee\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e42.05\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;0.08 \u003csup\u003e\u003cb\u003eb\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\u003c/tr\u003e\u003c/tbody\u003e\u003c/colgroup\u003e\u003c/table\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eData are expressed as mean\u0026thinsp;\u0026plusmn;\u0026thinsp;SD per genotype for each parameter. Different letters indicate significant differences between the genotypes at \u003cem\u003ep\u003c/em\u003e\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.05, as determined by one-way ANOVA.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe T6HS.6BL and T4BS.4HL lines contained significantly higher amounts of iron, approximately 48% and 12% more, respectively, compared to the wheat and barley parents. Among the parents, the Manas barley had higher iron levels than the Asakaze and Rannaja wheat cultivars. This finding supports that the increase in iron content resulted from the introgression of the barley 6HS and 4HL chromosome arms. The T6HS.6BL line also contained notably higher proportions (ranging from 8 to 16%) of Mg, Mn and Zn compared to its wheat and barley parental cultivars. In contrast, the T6BS.6HL genotype, along with its barley parental line, showed much lower zinc levels than wheat lines, which could be attributed either to the introgression of barley 6HL chromatin or to the loss of the wheat 6BL chromosome arm.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"Discussion","content":"\u003cp\u003eIntrogression breeding is a widely accepted strategy for transferring agronomically useful gene variants from related species into bread wheat. In the present study, we developed and identified stable wheat-barley Robertsonian translocation lines carrying the 4H or 6H chromosome arms, which could potentially serve as valuable genetic resources for biofortification of bread wheat.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo far, only a few compensating wheat-barley translocation lines have been published that can be used for wheat breeding. Using model wheat and barley genotypes, Moln\u0026aacute;r-L\u0026aacute;ng and Sutka (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR52\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1994\u003c/span\u003e) developed a 3HS.3BL centric fusion by hybridization of \u0026rsquo;CS\u0026rsquo; wheat and \u0026rsquo;Betzes\u0026rsquo; spring barley cultivars, which was later shown to improve tillering and seed productivity in hexaploid wheat (T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR79\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2015\u003c/span\u003e). In addition, Danilova et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR13\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e) produced a complete set of homoeologous group 7 compensating translocations, transferring chromosome arms from \u0026rsquo;Betzes\u0026rsquo; barley into the \u0026rsquo;CS\u0026rsquo; wheat genome. Using wheat and barley cultivars with more advanced agronomic values, T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR78\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e) developed a T7BS.7HL centric fusion through the double monosomic strategy to induce centric breakage-fusion between the chromosomes of the elite cultivars \u0026rsquo;Manas\u0026rsquo; barley and \u0026rsquo;Rannaja\u0026rsquo; wheat. This translocation exhibited and elevated grain β-glucan content compared to the parental wheat cultivars. Using a similar approach for the production of Rannaja-Manas homoeologous centric fusions, the present work supports that the breakage-fusion mechanism of univalent chromosomes is a feasible approach to transfer novel agronomically advantageous gene variants into wheat.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo pre-breeding programmes have been launched to obtain rearrangements between the wheat and barley chromosomes. In both breeding strategies, wheat-barley addition lines were crossed with aneuploids whose genome constitution is capable of generating a break on the overplus barley chromosome. When a monosomic wheat line was used for crossing to induce introgression between the 6B wheat and 6H barley chromosome arms, the presence of translocations was found in 7.5% of F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e plants. T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR78\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e) found a similar proportion (7.5%) of plants carrying Robertsonian translocation (T7BS.7HL). In contrast, Danilova et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR13\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e) observed a much lower efficiency (0.5\u0026ndash;0.9%) in the centric breakage-fusion mechanism between wheat and barley chromosomes, although the rearrangement occurred between chromosomes belonging to the same homoeologous group. This can also be explained by the use of various wheat (CS or Rannaja, Asakaze) and barley (Betzes or Manas) cultivars as crossing partners, which have different allelic compositions. The efficiency of translocation induction depends mainly on which cultivars are used as wheat recipients and barley donor parents for crossing combinations (Moln\u0026aacute;r-L\u0026aacute;ng et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR51\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2014\u003c/span\u003e). When the wheat-\u003cem\u003eAe. cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e 2C addition line was used as a crossing partner to induce rearrangement between the wheat 4B and barley 4H chromosomes; the presence of translocation was observed in 12% of F\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e population. In line with our result, Shi and Endo (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR71\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1999\u003c/span\u003e) reported a high frequency of translocation (17.6%) for barley chromosome 4H; they detected centric fusion or translocation with a smaller barley segment in twelve of 68 plants examined.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChromosome breaks have been induced to produce translocations; however, the chromosome manipulation strategies can lead to further structural changes in the genetic background. GBS read coverage analysis was used to check these karyotypic abnormalities, with a particular focus on aberrations caused by the 2C gametocide chromosome. The GBS mapping not only confirmed the findings obtained from cytogenetic and molecular marker analyses by identifying the wheat and barley chromosome arms in the centric fusions, but also verified that the wheat chromosome set in the T6HS.6BL and T6BS.6HL lines is undamaged and does not contain additional structural changes (Supplementary Fig. S4 and S5). In contrast, two larger deletions were detected in the genetic background of the T4BS.4HL line (Supplementary Fig. S6), which are located on wheat chromosomes 2D (573\u0026ndash;622 Mb) and 3B (724\u0026ndash;851 Mb).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoverage analysis revealed a 64-Mb region (217\u0026ndash;281 Mb) along the centromere of chromosome 6H, two segments of which (28 Mb and 36 Mb) have changed places in the barley chromosome arms of the translocation lines relative to those of the barley reference genome (Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig7\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e7\u003c/span\u003e). One possible explanation for this is that the Morex barley reference pseudomolecule may contain sequence scaffolds near the centromere that have not yet been assembled in the correct order. Because of the lower probability of meiotic recombination close to the centromere, genetic mapping and thus precise estimation of the distance and order of markers is rather difficult in this region (K\u0026uuml;nzel et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR39\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2000\u003c/span\u003e). Since the two chromosome segments are located in the pericentromeric \u0026ndash; centromeric region, it is possible that their short-reads were aligned to the proximal end of the opposite chromosome arm. However, the centromere of barley chromosomes was characterised in detail when the sequence fraction of individual chromosome arms flow-sorted from the wheat-barley telosomic addition lines (2HS-7HL) was used to resolve the linear gene order (Mayer et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR48\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2011\u003c/span\u003e). As a result, all but nine of the 3,125 centromere-specific genes were assigned to either the short or long arm of a barley chromosome (Mayer et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR48\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2011\u003c/span\u003e). Moreover, new approaches such as optical mapping and chromosome conformation capture sequencing (Hi-C) provide high-quality assembly for the barley reference genome and enable accurate chromosomal localization of sequence scaffolds even in the pericentromeric region (Mascher et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR47\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e). Thus, it is more likely that the chromosomal position of the two segments was exchanged due to a pericentric inversion that occurred before the centric breakage and fusion of the 6H chromosome. Consequently, the inversion spanned the centromere, resulting in a breakpoint in each chromosome arm. It remains a question whether the pericentric inversion we have identified is inherently present in the genome of Manas barley variety or is only found in that of the two complementary translocations. The GBS read coverage analysis of chromosome arms 6HS and 6HL in the Asakaze-Manas ditelosomic addition lines (T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR77\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2016\u003c/span\u003e) may provide further insight into chromosome rearrangements in the pericentric region.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo detect structural changes in the smaller chromosomal regions, a sufficient number of uniplex markers must be tested to ensure dense coverage, which is a rather expensive requirement. The GBS technology is becoming increasingly a cost-effective platform that provides detailed sequence information for the identification of minor chromosomal rearrangements, such as inversions, deletions or insertions. Some publications have already reported that the GBS platform was utilized successfully for the detection of chromatin segments in the wheat genome, which were introgressed from cultivated and wild relatives, including \u003cem\u003eAegilops biuncialis\u003c/em\u003e (Ga\u0026aacute;l et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR23\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2024\u003c/span\u003e), \u003cem\u003eAegilops umbellulata\u003c/em\u003e (Bansal et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR5\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2020\u003c/span\u003e), perennial rye (Szak\u0026aacute;cs et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR74\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2020\u003c/span\u003e) and \u003cem\u003eAgropyron glael\u003c/em\u003e (Kruppa et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR37\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2025\u003c/span\u003e), which is a hybrid of \u003cem\u003eThinopyrum intermedium\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTh. ponticum\u003c/em\u003e. Castillo et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR7\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2013\u003c/span\u003e) performed Diversity Array Technology (DArT), a modified GBS method for identifying the substitutions of chromosomes D/H\u003csup\u003ech\u003c/sup\u003e in wheat-\u003cem\u003eHordeum chilense\u003c/em\u003e amphiploids. Adhikari et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR1\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2022\u003c/span\u003e) applied a high-throughput genotyping platform (skim-sequencing) to characterise group-7 translocation chromosomes in wheat-barley recombinant lines. In the present work, we have also demonstrated that it can serve as a powerful approach, even replacing the use of molecular markers and cytogenetic methods, to accurately map introgression lines produced by interspecific hybridization.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigation of agronomic parameters showed that the presence of short and long arms of chromosome 6H has a positive correlation with tallness, which is confirmed by the results of several publications that have reported a strong association between the QTLs (quantitative trait loci) on this barley chromosome and plant height. Pu et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR62\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2021\u003c/span\u003e) mapped a larger region (\u003cem\u003eHvSS1\u003c/em\u003e) on both arms of chromosome 6H (173\u0026ndash;396 Mb), which regulates uppermost internode elongation and thus determines plant height in barley. Pasam et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR58\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2012\u003c/span\u003e) analysed the relationship between the genomic regions and agronomic traits within a collection of 224 spring barley accessions. They identified three putative QTLs on the 6H chromosome (12.5 cM, 55.3 cM and 124.8 cM) that influencing plant height. Hu et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR27\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e) detected a SNP (\u003cem\u003eqtncIL3-6H-1\u003c/em\u003e) on the short arm of chromosome 6H (16.1\u0026ndash;17.5 bp) that is strongly associated with a plant height component trait (internode length). The short arm of barley chromosome 6H has a positive effect not only on plant height but also on spike length, which is in agreement with previous studies. Gyenis et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR25\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2007\u003c/span\u003e) identified a QTL on the chromosome arm 6HS (BINs 5 and 6), that increased spike length. Jabbari et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR31\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2018\u003c/span\u003e) found a putative QTL (\u003cem\u003eD2Q1MSL6H\u003c/em\u003e) on chromosome 6H, controlling the significant spike length of spring barley cultivars under drought stress.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere were no significant differences between the T6BS.6HL and T6HS.6BL lines and wheat parental varieties in most morphological and yield-related traits, which is consistent with the results of GBS analysis that the chromosomal set of their wheat genetic background remained intact and did not contain significant structural changes. In contrast, the much lower fertility of the T4BS.4HL genotype is likely due to the gametocidal effect, which may be explained by the presence of two large deletions on the 2D and 3B wheat chromosomes. Nevertheless, long-term field trials will be required to enable more accurate comparisons of agronomic parameters between the translocation lines and their wheat parental lines.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevelopment of stable translocation lines also provides an opportunity to study the effect of barley chromosome arms on the quality traits of bread wheat. Of the three translocations, only the T4BS.4HL line showed a significant increase in the level of essential amino acids (except lysine). Since the amino acid content of the barley control Manas was lower than that of the wheat parents, it can be concluded that the 4HL chromatin may not act alone but rather in combination with the wheat alleles, responsible for the change in protein composition in the translocation line. Information about the genomic regions on barley chromosome 4H that affect amino acid levels has not yet been reported. Oddy et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR57\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2023\u003c/span\u003e) identified QTLs on the proximal (327 Mb) and distal (601, 547 and 518 Mb) parts of wheat chromosome arm 4BL, which are responsible for controlling glycine, glutamine, glutamic acid and asparagine. In the T4BS.4HL line, the barley chromosome arm may likely not only replace these wheat candidate genes but also contribute through novel allelic combinations to alterations in protein composition. The biosynthesis of amino acids is strongly dependent on the amount of nitrogen available from the soil. It should therefore be noted that the plants were grown under conditions of low nitrogen supply and without the application of fertilizer.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wide variability in the concentration of multiple elements has been observed within different barley populations (Mamo et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR46\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2014\u003c/span\u003e; Gyawali et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR24\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e; Nyiraguhirwa et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR56\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2022\u003c/span\u003e), suggesting that the integration of barley chromatin into the wheat genome may induce changes in nutrient composition. In the T6BS.6HL line, we found that the barley chromosome arm has a positive effect on Ca content. There is no direct evidence that the 6H chromosome influences Ca levels; however, two genes (\u003cem\u003erhi1\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003erhs2\u003c/em\u003e) were mapped earlier in the centromere region, regulating the phenotypes of barley root hairs, and thereby macronutrient uptake (Janiak and Szarejko \u003cspan citationid=\"CR32\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2007\u003c/span\u003e; Chmielewska et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR8\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2014\u003c/span\u003e). The present work has shown that introgression of chromosome arms 6HS and 4HL can result in significant increases in iron and zinc concentrations, which is in agreement with the findings of some publications that reported a correlation between these genomic regions and micronutrient levels in barley (Uauy et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR80\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2006\u003c/span\u003e; Distelfeld et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR16\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2008\u003c/span\u003e; Nyiraguhirwa et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR56\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2022\u003c/span\u003e). The \u003cem\u003eTtNAM-B1\u003c/em\u003e gene plays a role in several functions, one of which is to accelerate the transport of microelements from leaves into the grains (Uauy et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR80\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2006\u003c/span\u003e). Its orthologous variants are located on 6BS and 6HS chromosome arms, thus, replacing the wheat allele with that of barley (\u003cem\u003eHvNAM-1\u003c/em\u003e) may result in elevated iron and zinc levels in the T6HS.6BL line (Uauy et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR80\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2006\u003c/span\u003e; Distelfeld et al. \u003cspan citationid=\"CR16\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2008\u003c/span\u003e). Nyiraguhirwa et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR56\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2022\u003c/span\u003e) identified two genomic regions in the long arm of barley chromosome 4H (615 and 598 Mb), one of which was associated with zinc, and the other with iron content, suggesting that the barley chromatin may be responsible for the change in the microelement levels in the T4BS.4HL line. Velu et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR81\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2017\u003c/span\u003e) detected a QTL (\u003cem\u003eQzneff.sar_6B\u003c/em\u003e) on the long arm of wheat chromosome 6B, conferring high zinc concentration. In addition, Mamo et al. (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR46\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2014\u003c/span\u003e) identified two QTLs on chromosome 6HL (122.9 and 128.7 cM) that affect zinc content in barley grain. The low level of zinc in the T6BS.6HL and barley control genotypes could suggest that barley alleles are not able to replace the loss of the wheat 6BL chromosome arm functionally. Although the functional genes regulating the metabolism of minerals and amino acids were not under examination in the present work, the translocation lines provide helpful information for understanding the expression of allelic variants from barley in the wheat genetic background.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"Conclusions","content":"\u003cp\u003eThe incorporation of barley chromosome arms 4H and 6H into the wheat genome has led to the development of Robertsonian translocations with stable inheritance. Their similar agronomic performance compared to the parental wheat varieties indicates that introgressions have a negligible deleterious effect in the wheat genetic background, and their wheat chromosome set does not contain major structural changes, except for the 4BS.4HL centric fusion line, which carries two deletions on chromosomes 2D and 3B. In the present work, we have found that introgressed barley chromosome arms not only compensate for the lack of wheat chromosome arms but also improve nutrient composition (especially Ca and Fe) in the newly developed translocation lines. \u003cem\u003eIn situ\u003c/em\u003e hybridizations with barley genomic DNA probe and oligonucleotide DNA repeats, as well as PCR analysis with barley-specific molecular markers, were used to identify the wheat and barley chromosome arms in the compensating translocations, which were designated as T4BS.4HL, T6HS.6BL and T6BS.6HL. The high-resolution of GBS read coverage analysis confirmed the results obtained from the molecular marker analysis and cytogenetic methods and detected the presence of a pericentric inversion in the T6HS.6BL and T6BS.6HL lines. Stable centric fusion lines with good yield potential can serve as promising genetic materials for chromosome-mediated improvement of mineral components in wheat, which are in increasingly demand as the global population grows.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"Declarations","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCompeting interest\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll authors declare they have no conflict of interests.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFunding\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis paper was financed by the Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office under Grant Agreement (FK145848 and TKP2021-NKTA-06), by the EU Horizon Europe project COUSIN (Nr. 101135314) and by the FreeWheat project (FKZ 031B1426A) in the frame of the Bioeconomy International programm of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space. P\u0026eacute;ter Mik\u0026oacute; and Klaudia Kruppa received funding for their work through the MTA Bolyai J\u0026aacute;nos Research Scholarship (BO/00206/24/4 and BO/00013/25).\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAuthor contributions\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eConceptualization Istv\u0026aacute;n Moln\u0026aacute;r, L\u0026aacute;szl\u0026oacute; Ivanizs and M\u0026aacute;rta Moln\u0026aacute;r-L\u0026aacute;ng; methodology Istv\u0026aacute;n Moln\u0026aacute;r, Klaudia Kruppa, Douchkov Dimitar, T\u0026uuml;nde Pusztahelyi, Andr\u0026aacute;s Farkas, Edina T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si and Kitti Szőke-P\u0026aacute;zsi; investigation Eszter Ga\u0026aacute;l, Andr\u0026aacute;s Farkas, Edina T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si, Klaudia Kruppa, \u0026Eacute;va Szak\u0026aacute;cs, Kitti Szőke-P\u0026aacute;zsi, P\u0026eacute;ter Mik\u0026oacute;, Marianna Rakszegi, P\u0026eacute;ter Kov\u0026aacute;cs, Bal\u0026aacute;zs Kalapos, L\u0026aacute;szl\u0026oacute; Ivanizs, Douchkov Dimitar, Jan Bartoš, T\u0026uuml;nde Pusztahelyi; resources Istv\u0026aacute;n Moln\u0026aacute;r, Edina T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si, P\u0026eacute;ter Mik\u0026oacute;; data curation Istv\u0026aacute;n Moln\u0026aacute;r, Jan Bartoš, Bal\u0026aacute;zs Kalapos; writing-original draft preparation L\u0026aacute;szl\u0026oacute; Ivanizs, Eszter Ga\u0026aacute;l and Istv\u0026aacute;n Moln\u0026aacute;r; writing-review Istv\u0026aacute;n Moln\u0026aacute;r, Klaudia Kruppa and Mahmoud Said; visualization L\u0026aacute;szl\u0026oacute; Ivanizs, Bal\u0026aacute;zs Kalapos, Klaudia Kruppa, Eszter Ga\u0026aacute;l, P\u0026eacute;ter Kov\u0026aacute;cs, Andrea Guly\u0026aacute;s, Mahmoud Said and Norbert Hidv\u0026eacute;gi; project administration Istv\u0026aacute;n Moln\u0026aacute;r; funding administration Istv\u0026aacute;n Moln\u0026aacute;r, Edina T\u0026uuml;rk\u0026ouml;si, P\u0026eacute;ter Mik\u0026oacute;. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe technical assistance provided by Fanni T\u0026oacute;th, Ildik\u0026oacute; K\u0026ouml;nyves-Lakner and Fanni Kitzinger-Szeder is gratefully acknowledged.\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eData Availability\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe datasets generated during the current study are available as supplementary files and from the corresponding author on reasonable request.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"References","content":"\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdhikari L, Shrestha S, Wu S, Crain J, Gao L, Evers B, Wilson D, Ju Y, Koo DH, Hucl P, Pozniak C, Walkowiak S, Wang X, Wu J, Glaubitz JC, DeHaan L, Friebe B, Poland J (2022) A high-throughput skim-sequencing approach for genotyping, dosage estimation and identifying translocations. 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The Asakaze-Manas addition lines previously developed in Martonvásár exhibit low fertility and unstable inheritance; nonetheless, they could serve as ’bridge materials’ for the incorporation of barley chromatin into the wheat genome. By leveraging the centric breakage-fusion mechanism of unpaired chromosomes and the gametocide effect of chromosome 2C from \u003cem\u003eAegilops cylindrica\u003c/em\u003e, the 4H and 6H addition lines were used to develop genetically stable translocation genotypes. \u003cem\u003eIn situ\u003c/em\u003e hybridization and molecular marker analyses were applied to identify the wheat and barley chromosome arms in the 6HS.6BL, 6BS.6HL and 4BS.4HL compensatory translocations. These results were confirmed by GBS read coverage analysis, which revealed a pericentric inversion in the barley chromosome arms involved in the 6HS.6BL and 6BS.6HL translocations. The comparable agronomic performance of the centric fusion lines indicates that these chromosomal rearrangements had minimal, if any, negative impact relative to the parental wheat varieties. 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