A modified in planta method of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation enhances the transformation efficiency in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)

Autor: Arti Rani, Manjary Sathe, Anil Kush, Asha Panwar
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 27:272-283
ISSN: 0974-1275
0971-7811
DOI: 10.1007/s13562-017-0437-3
Popis: Plant transformation has emerged as an important tool to integrate foreign genes in the plant genome to modify the plants for desired traits. Though many techniques of plant transformation are available; getting single copy transgenic events and cost associated remains a big challenge. Thus Agrobacterium-mediated transformation remains the method of choice due to multiple advantages. In the present work a tissue culture free protocol of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation was optimized in safflower, an oil seed crop recalcitrant to transformation. As a proof of concept we selected pCAMBIA2300 gene cassette containing Arabidopsis specific delta 15 desaturase (FAD3) downstream to truncated seed specific promoter beta-conglycinin and optimized tissue culture free protocol of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation using embryos as explants. Addition of silwet L-77, sonication treatment, vacuum infiltration in infection medium and use of paper wicks in co-cultivation period increased the transformation efficiency to 19.3%. Further, success in transformation was confirmed via product accumulation in 21 independent transgenic events wherein oil in transformed seeds showed significant accumulation of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3; n3) which is generated from linoleic acid (LA; 18:2; n3) in a FAD3 catalyzed reaction. The present protocol can be utilized to produce transgenic safflower with different desired characters.
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