Abstract
A successful transformation program relies on the number of survival plants in soil that can be obtained. Low recovery of transgenic plants is still a key restrictive factor for transgenic cotton production. In order to utilize genetic transformation in cotton breeding program effectively, an efficient grafting system for recovering plants derived from somatic embryogenesis following Agrobacterium infection and kanamycin selection was developed. Various aspects of in vitro grafting were examined in efforts to improve the efficiency of transformant recovery. Using strong seedling rootstocks was the first important step to obtain high rate of successful grafts. Scion size >0.6 cm and seedling rootstock at age of 6–12 days were appropriate for grafting. The successful grafting ratio was higher when using hypocotyls without radicle. Shoot-tip and shoot stem with axillary bud were also suitable for in vitro grafting, which meant we could significantly improve the survival ratio of transgenic plantlets, because one plantlet has a shoot-tip but several axillary buds. Based on our data, the period from in vitro seedling rootstock germination to transplant of grafts to field usually takes one month. Over 90% successful grafting ratio could be obtained under optimal conditions, which represented a significant improvement over currently available methods for recovery of cotton plantlet from somatic embryogenesis after transformation. Ex vitro grafting could also be used for plant recovery, which gave an average of successful grafting ratio of 71.9%. However, this method was strongly affected by environmental factors.
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Abbreviations
- EC:
-
Embryogenic calluses
- MS:
-
Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium
- nptII:
-
neomycin phosphortransferase II
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The funds supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30471109) and 973 Plans (No. 2004 CB 117301) were appreciated.
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Jin, S., Liang, S., Zhang, X. et al. An efficient grafting system for transgenic plant recovery in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 85, 181–185 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-005-9068-9
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