Transgenic indica rice resistant to sap-sucking insects |
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| Authors: | Nagadhara D Ramesh S Pasalu I C Rao Y Kondala Krishnaiah N V Sarma N P Bown D P Gatehouse J A Reddy V D Rao K V |
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| Affiliation: | Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007, India,; Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India,; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK |
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| Abstract: | Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation has been optimized in indica rice susceptible to sap-sucking insects, viz., brown planthopper (BPH) and green leafhopper (GLH). Snowdrop lectin gene (gna) from Galanthus nivalis, driven by phloem-specific rice-sucrose-synthase promoter, along with herbicide resistance gene (bar) driven by CaMV 35S promoter, was employed for genetic transformation. Embryogenic calli--after co-cultivation with Agrobacterium strain LBA4404 harbouring Ti plasmid pSB111-bar-gna--were selected on the medium containing phosphinothricin. PCR and Southern blot analyses confirmed the stable integration of both the genes into genomes of transgenic (T0) rice plants. Northern and Western blot analyses revealed the expression of gna in the transgenic plants. In the T1 and T2 generations, the gna and bar transgenes showed co-segregation at a ratio of 3 : 1. Plant progenies expressing gna, in T1 and T2, exhibited substantial resistance against BPH and GLH pests. This is the first report dealing with transgenic indica rice exhibiting high resistance to both insects. |
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| Keywords: | Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Brown planthopper Green leafhopper Indica rice Insect resistance Snowdrop lectin |
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