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Efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of embryogenic calli and regeneration of Hevea brasiliensis Müll Arg. plants

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An efficient procedure for producing transgenic Hevea brasiliensis callus and plant lines from clone PB 260 was established with Agrobacterium tumefaciens using strain EHA105 harbouring the vector pCAMBIA2301. Transformation capacity and competence of the embryogenic calli were improved after two cycles of cryopreservation. When the cocultivation temperature was reduced from 27 to 20°C, the duration of this phase could be increased up to 7 days, promoting an increase in GUS activity. These transformation conditions led to the isolation of 24 callus lines resistant to paromomycin, which is used as a selection agent. Nineteen of these lines revealed the existence of one to four copies of T-DNA by Southern-blot analysis. Nine of them were transferred for regeneration by somatic embryogenesis. Three hundred seventy-four transgenic plants have thus been generated from six independent lines bearing 1, 2 or 3 copies of T-DNA. The efficiency and reproducibility of this method means that functional characterization of genes involved in natural rubber production can be envisaged.

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Abbreviations

3,4-D :

3,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

ABA :

Abscisic acid

BAP :

Benzylaminopurine

DEV :

Development medium

EXP :

Expression medium

FM :

Fresh matter

GR :

Growth regulator

GUS :

β-Glucuronidase

MM :

Maintenance medium

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The authors thank Dr Marc-Philippe Carron and Dr Ludovic Lardet (CIRAD – France) for providing friable callus lines, Dr Julie Leclercq (CIRAD – France) for careful reading of this manuscript, Dr Richard Jefferson (CAMBIA – Australia) for providing the pCAMBIA2301 vector and the EHA105 A. tumefaciens strain, and Peter Biggins for the English translation

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    Géraldine Blanc, Christelle Baptiste, Gérald Oliver, Florence Martin & Pascal Montoro

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Blanc, G., Baptiste, C., Oliver, G. et al. Efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of embryogenic calli and regeneration of Hevea brasiliensis Müll Arg. plants. Plant Cell Rep 24, 724–733 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-005-0023-3

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