FEATURES OF FORMATION OF INTERNODES IN SPRING WHEAT PLANTS OF ALLOCYTOPLASMIC FORMS DEPENDING ON THE AVAILABILITY ALLELE RHT8B OF THE SHORT STEMS GENE RHT-8, LOCATED ON CHROMOSOME 2D

The presence of allele Rht8b, of the short stem gene Rht-8, located on chromosome 2D, in allocytoplasmic spring wheat T.aestivum L genotypes. was reflected in the formation of the middle and upper internodes of wheat plants, therefore it is appropriate to be taken into consideration in the breeding process for lodging resistant varieties.