An <Emphasis Type="Italic">Agrobacterium tumefaciens</Emphasis>-mediated transformation system using callus of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Zoysia tenuifolia</Emphasis> Willd. ex Trin |
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Authors: | Meiru Li Hongqing Li Xiaoying Hu Xiaoping Pan Guojiang Wu |
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Institution: | (1) Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650 Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China;(2) Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, South China Normal University, 510631 Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; |
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Abstract: | Zoysia tenuifolia Willd. ex Trin. is one of the most popularly cultivated turfgrass. This is the first report of successful plant regeneration
and genetic transformation protocols for Z. tenuifolia using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Initial calli was induced from stem nodes incubated on a Murashige and Skoog (1962) (MS) medium supplemented with 2 mg l−1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 1 mg l−1 6-benzyladenine (BA), with a frequency of 53%. Compact calli were selected and subcultured monthly on the fresh medium. Sixty-nine
percent of the calli could be induced to regenerate plantlets when the calli incubated on a MS medium supplemented with 0.2 mg l−1 BA under darkness. For genetic transformation, calli were incubated with A. tumefaciens strain EHA105 harboring the binary vector pCAMBIA 1301 which contains the hpt gene as a selectable marker for hygromycin resistance and an intron-containing β-glucuronidase gene (gus-int) as a reporter gene. Following co-cultivation, about 12% of the callus explants produced hygromycin resistant calli on
MS medium supplemented with 2 mg l−1 2,4-D, 1 mg l−1 BA, 50 mg l−1 hygromycin, 500 mg l−1 cefotaxime after 8 weeks. Shoots were regenerated following transfer of the resistant calli to shoot induction medium containing
0.2 mg l−1 BA, 50 mg l−1 hygromycin, and 250 mg l−1 cefotaxime, and about 46% of the resistant calli differentiated into shoots. Finally, all the resistant shoots were rooted
on 1/2 MS media supplemented with 50 mg l−1 hygromycin, 250 mg l−1 cefotaxime. The transgenic nature of the transformants was demonstrated by the detection of β-glucuronidase activity in the primary transformants and by PCR and Southern hybridization analysis. About 5% of the total
inoculated callus explants produced transgenic plants after approximately 5 months. The procedure described will be useful
for both, the introduction of desired genes into Z. tenuifolia and the molecular analysis of gene function. |
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