Transformation of Populus species by an Agrobacterium binary vector system
1988
Chun, Y.W. | Richard, B.H. (Iowa State Univ., Iowa (USA). Dept. of Forestry) | Ned, B.K. | Harold, S.M. (Iowa State Univ., Iowa (USA). Dept. of Plant Pathology)
Three clones of Populus alba x P. grandidentata have been tested for susceptibility to Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains A281 and A348. We determined the optimum concentration of kanamycin sulfate for effective selection of leaf disc-derived, transgenic tissues transformed using Agrobacterium binary vector pGA472 containing a neomycin phosphotransferase gene (NPT-II) which confers kanamycin resistance. Of the wild type Ti plasmids contained in the two Agrobacterium strains, pTiBo542 of strain A281 appears to be best suited to serve as a helper plasmid for binary vector systems. A relatively low concentration (10mg/l) of kanamycin sulfate inhibited adventitious shoot initiation from leaf discs on regeneration medium. Transformed kanamycin-resistant calli were obtained by culturing Agrobacterium inoculated leaf discs on selective regeneration medium. The transformed kanamycin-resistant calli continued to grow on regeneration media supplemented with kanamycin sulfate to levels of 50 and 200mg/l. The growth of non-co-cultivated control calli was severely inhibited on regeneration medium containing 50mg/l kanamycin sulfate
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