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We developed an efficient method for in vitro selection of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong lines transformed with the nptII gene and subsequent confirmation of phenotype inheritance in these lines. For in vitro selection, the concentration of kanamycin inhibitory to embryogenic callus development and somatic embryo differentiation was identified by placing wounded leaves of non-transformed M. truncatula cv. Jemalong on Embryo Inducing Medium supplemented with 0, 85.8, 128.7, 171.6, 214.6, 257.5 and 343.3 µM of kanamycin. Differentiation of somatic embryos was inhibited with 171.6 µM of kanamycin but callus development was not altered. To confirm transgene inheritance, the kanamycin concentration to distinguish between resistant and non-resistant seedlings was identified by germinating non-transformed seeds of M. truncatula cv. Jemalong on 0.8% (w/v) water-agar plates containing 0, 171.6, 343.3, 514.9 and 686.6 µM of kanamycin. These concentrations did not impair seed germination since all the seedlings exhibited green cotyledons. The effect of kanamycin was only observed at 514.9 and 686.6 µM and on the first pair of leaves, which became white. Due to the high level of resistance to kanamycin of the seedlings the highest concentration is thought to be use to assure the selection efficiency. This optimised antibiotic selection scheme eliminates the regeneration of non-transformed escapes and discriminates between resistant and non-resistant seedlings, confirming the inheritance of the phenotype in transformed M. truncatula cv. Jemalong lines.
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Duque, A.S.R.L.A., Sousa de Araújo, S., Santos, D.M.M.F.d. et al. Optimisation of a Selection Scheme using Kanamycin to Improve Transformation of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 78, 277–280 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:TICU.0000025646.98932.dc
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