Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
By: Yuechun Wan, Jeanne Layton
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This chapter describes a procedure for Agrobacterium-mediated wheat transformation. Freshly isolated immature embryos, precultured immature embryos, or embryogenic calli are
inoculated with a disarmed A. tumefaciens strain C58 (ABI) harboring the binary vector pMON18365 containing the β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene with an intron, and a selectable
marker, neomycinphosphotranferase (NPT) II gene. The inoculated explants are selected on callus induction medium with the
selective agent G418 for approximately 2 wk. The resistant callus pieces that develop are then transferred onto medium with
the selective agent and reduced plant growth regulators for plant regeneration and further selection. It takes approximately
2.5 to 3 mo from inoculation to the establishment of R0 plants in soil. All the transformants should be morphologically normal
and set seeds. Approximately 35% of the transgenic plants have a single copy of the transgene based on data obtained from
previous experiments.
Book Title: Agrobacterium Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 343 | Pub. Date: Jun-01-2006 | Page Range: 245-254 | DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-130-4:245
Subject: Plant Sciences
Key Words: Agrobacterium tumefaciens - wheat -
Triticum aestivum L. - plant transformation - monocotyledon
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