title: [Triton X-100 induces heritable changes of morphological characters in Triticum aestivum L].
abstract: The effect of the nonionic detergent polyethylene glycol octylphenyl ester (Triton X-100, TX-100) on the spring common wheat cultivar Alem was studied under laboratory and field conditions. Treatment of seeds and vegetating plants with 0.1 or 0.01% TX-100 (aqueous solution) changed the spike morphology in all plants of the first posttreatment generation. The changes were inherited by the second generation without additional treatment with TX-100. Square-headed dense spikes with doubled spikelets of the duospiculum type (an additional spikelet at the top of the main one), elongate dense and lax spikes, mid-dense spikes, and fusiform spikes were observed. An epigenetic nature was assumed for the observed changes.
authors.forename: K Kh
authors.initials: KKh
authors.lastname: Makhmudova
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Bogdanova
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Levites
mesh_terms: D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D017830:Octoxynol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics*; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D017830:Octoxynol