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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a highly productive warm-season C4 species that is being developed into a dedicated biofuel crop. This chapter describes
a protocol that allows the generation of transgenic switchgrass plants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Embryogenic calluses induced from caryopses or inflorescences were used as explants for inoculation
with A. tumefaciens strain EHA105. Hygromycin phosphotransferase gene (hph) was used as the selectable marker and hygromycin was used as the selection agent. Calluses resistant to hygromycin were
obtained after 5–6 weeks of selection. Soil-grown switchgrass plants were regenerated about 6 months after callus induction
and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.
Affiliation(s): (1) Northwest A and F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
(2) The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA
(2) The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA
Book Title: Biofuels: Methods and Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 581 | Pub. Date: Oct-05-2009 | Page Range: 53-59 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-214-8_4
Subject: Biotechnology
Key Words:
Agrobacterium
- Biofuel crop - Genetic transformation -
Panicum virgatum
- Switchgrass - Transgenic plant
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