Abstract
Trichoderma harzianum was transformed with a plasmid p3SR2, carrying the dominant selectable marker amdS. The amdS transformants can be identified, from non-sterile soil. on Trichoderma-selective medium (TSM). containing acrylamide as the sole nitrogen source. The transformants were stable after at least 6 weeks in non-sterile soil in the greenhouse and after 14 months in sterile soil at 4°C. Soil inoculation resulted in effective colonization of the roots by the transformants. The advantages of these transformant fungi in the study of fungal ecology and population dynamics is discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1043-1046 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Soil Biology and Biochemistry |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1991 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Aclinoa,fedRfnr~nnrs_ur work was supported by a grant from the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and ~evelopmcnt Fund (BARD) and a scholar- ship from the Val~hi-Pikovski fund. Our thanks are ex-tended to MS D. Rubin for technical assistance.