Genetic transformation of sweet potato by particle bombardment |
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Authors: | C S Prakash U Varadarajan |
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Institution: | (1) Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Home Economics, Tuskegee University, Milbank Hall, 36088 Tuskegee, AL, USA |
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Abstract: | Transient and stable expression of foreign genes has been achieved in sweet potato using the particle bombardment system of gene delivery. Callus and root isolates of two genotypes (Jewel and TIS-70357) with positive signs of transformation have been recovered. Tungsten microcarriers coated with plasmid DNA (pBI 221 containing the gusA gene) were accelerated at high velocity using a biolistic device into sweet potato target tissues. Histochemical examination of bombarded leaf and petiole explants revealed that most had cells expressing the gusA gene. When explants were cultured, calli and roots developed in most bombarded tissues. Similar results but with a lower frequency of transformation were observed when the plasmid pBI 121 (with gusA and antibiotic resistance npt II genes) was employed and bombarded explants cultured on an antibiotic selection medium. Subcultured roots and calli were positive for gusA expression when tested even after one year of in vitro culture, and thus the expression of the foreign gene is fairly stable. The particle bombardment approach of gene delivery appears to have a potential for generating transgenic sweet potatoes with useful agronomic traits.Abbreviations BA
6-benzylaminopurine
- CaMV
cauliflower mosaic virus
- 2,4-D
2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- GUS
ß glucuronidase
- NAA
naphthaleneaceticacid
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nos
nopaline synthase gene
- NPT II
neomycin phosphotransferase II
- MS
Murashige and Skoog (1962)
- MS-CP
MS cell proliferation medium |
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Keywords: | pomoea batatas Tissue culture Gene transfer Biolistics |
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