Agrobacterium mediated transformation of lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum)

Merav Hecht, Ron Ecker, Ran Stav, Abed A. Watad, Joseph Hirschberg, Varda Mann

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Abstract

We have developed an efficient technique for shoot regeneration of lisianthus from leaf explants by direct organogenesis. Transformation experiments with DNA were carried out using Agrobacterium tumefaciens carrying the Ti plasmid pBI121 which contained the genes NPTII and ((3-glucuronidase) GUS fused to the 35S promoter of the CaMV. Kanamycin-resistant shoots of lisianthus were regenerated on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with 6-Benzylaminopurine (BA) showed GUS activity, as determined by the appearance of a blue precipitate after incubation with the substrate X-Glue (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl glucuronide).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIII International Symposium on In Vitro Culture and Horticultural Breeding
PublisherInternational Society for Horticultural Science
Pages339-340
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)9789066059092
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

Publication series

NameActa Horticulturae
Volume447
ISSN (Print)0567-7572

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