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Table 2 Name, origin and genetic background of the 24 wheat cultivars used in this study

From: High-throughput phenotyping of seminal root traits in wheat

Cultivar

Breeding program 1

Genetic background

Babax

CIMMYT

Veery

Baxter

QDPI

CIMMYT/Cook

Chara

DPI Vic

Cook/Pavon

Dharwar Dry

Central India

CIMMYT

Diamondbird

NSW DPI

Pavon

EGA Gregory

EGA

Pelsart/Batavia

EGA Hume

EGA

Pelsart/Batavia

EGA Wedgetail

EGA

Cook/Pavon

EGA Wentworth

EGA

Cook

Frame

AGT

Condor/Gabo

Giles

QDPI

Cook

Hartog

QDPI

Pavon

Janz

QDPI

Cook

Krichauff

AGT

Condor/Gabo

Lang

QDPI

Cook

Leichhardt

QDPI

Pavon

Petrie

QDPI

Pelsart/Batavia

SeriM82

CIMMYT

CIMMYT/Veery

Silverstar

NSW DPI

Cook/Pavon

Sunco

Uni Syd

Cook

Sunvale

Uni Syd

Cook

Ventura

NSW DPI

Cook/Pavon

Wyalkatchem

AgWA

Condor/Gabo

Yitpi

AGT

Condor/Gabo

  1. 1Breeding program abbreviations: Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI), Department of Primary Industries Victoria (DPI Vic), Australian Grain Technologies (AGT), New South Wales Department of Primary Industry (NSW DPI), International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Enterprise Grains Australia (EGA), Western Australia Department of Agriculture (AgWA), University of Sydney (Uni Syd).