Abstract
A procedure for the production of fertile transgenic brassicas via Ri-mediated transformation is reported in this paper. Transgenic hairy root lines were selected for 12 vegetable brassica cultivars and lines representing six varieties: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, rapid-cycling (allBrassica oleracea) and Chinese cabbage (B. campestris). Leaf explants or petioles of intact cotyledons were co-cultivated withAgrobacterium strain A4T harbouring various binary vectors. The T-DNA region of all binary vectors contained a neomycin phosphotransferase II gene for kanamycin resistance, in addition to other genes. Hairy root lines grew prolifically on hormone-free medium containing kanamycin. Transgenic shoots were regenerated from all cultivars either spontaneously or after transfer of hairy roots to a hormone-containing medium. Southern analysis confirmed that the plants were transgenic. Plants from all brassica types were successfully transferred to greenhouse conditions. Plants were fertile and segregation analysis confirmed transmission of traits to progeny.
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Abbreviations
- BA :
-
6-Benzylaminopurine
- GUS :
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β-Glucuronidase
- LS :
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Linsmaier and Skoog medium
- NAA :
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I-Naphthaleneacetic acid
- NPTII :
-
Neomycin phosphotransferase II
- TDZ :
-
thidiazuron
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Christey, M.C., Sinclair, B.K., Braun, R.H. et al. Regeneration of transgenic vegetable brassicas (Brassica oleracea andB. campestris) via Ri-mediated transformation. Plant Cell Reports 16, 587–593 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01275497
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