Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and regeneration of transgenic plants using leaf segments as explants in Valencia sweet orange

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TitleAgrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and regeneration of transgenic plants using leaf segments as explants in Valencia sweet orange
AuthorsKhan EU, Fu X, Liu J
TypeJournal Article
Journal Name"Plant cell, tissue, and organ culture"
Volume109
Issue2
Year2012
Page(s)383-390
CitationKhan EU, Fu X, Liu J. Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and regeneration of transgenic plants using leaf segments as explants in Valencia sweet orange. Plant cell, tissue, and organ culture. 2012; 109(2):383-390.

Abstract

In this study, attempts were made to develop a protocol for regeneration of transgenic plants via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of leaf segments from ‘Valencia’ sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) using gfp (green fluorescence protein) as a vital marker. Sensitivity of the leaf segments regeneration to kanamycin was evaluated, which showed that 50 mg l−1 was the best among the tested concentrations. In addition, factors affecting the frequency of transient gfp expression were optimized, including leaf age, Agrobacterium concentration, infection time, and co-cultivation period. Adventitious shoots regenerated on medium containing Murashige and Tucker basal medium plus 0.1 mg l−1 α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 0.5 mg l−1 6-benzyladenine (BA) and 0.5 mg l−1 kinetin (KT). The leaf segments from 3-month-old in vitro seedlings, Agrobacterium concentration at OD600 of 0.6, 10-min immersion, and co-cultivation for 3 days yielded the highest frequency of transient gfp expression, shoots regeneration response and transformation efficiency. By applying these optimized parameters we recovered independent transformed plants at the transformation efficiency of 23.33% on selection medium (MT salts augmented with 0.5 mg l−1 BA, 0.5 mg l−1 KT, 0.1 mg l−1 NAA, 50 mg l−1 kanamycin and 250 mg l−1 cefotaxime). Expression of gfp in the leaf segments and regenerated shoots was confirmed using fluorescence microscope. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis using gfp and nptII gene-specific primers further confirmed the integration of the transgene in the independent transgenic plants. The transformation methodology described here may pave the way for generating transgenic plants using leaf segments as explants.
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Publication TypeJournal Article
URLhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11240-011-0092-7
Publication Date2012
Language Abbreng
Publication Model[electronic resource].
KeywordsAgrobacterium, Citrus sinensis, adventitious shoots, benzyladenine, cefotaxime, explants, fluorescence, genetic transformation, green fluorescent protein, kanamycin, kinetin, leaves, microscopes, naphthaleneacetic acid, oranges, polymerase chain reaction, salts, seedlings, transgenes, transgenic plants