Journal
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Volume 65, Issue 9, Pages 1015-1020Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1788
Keywords
cry1C*; rbcS; leaf folders; stem borers; insect resistance; transgenic rice
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- National High-Technology Research and Development Programme of China (programme 863)
- National Programme on Research and Development of Transgenic Plants
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
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BACKGROUND: Yellow stem borer (Tryporyza incertulas Walker), striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis Walker) and leaf folder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenec) are three lepidopteran pests that cause severe damage to rice in many areas of the world. In this study, novel insect-resistant transgenic rice was developed in which Bt protein expression was nearly absent in the endosperm. The resistant gene, cry1C*, driven by the rice rbcS promoter (small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase), was introduced into Zhonghua 11 (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica) by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. RESULTS: A total of 83 independent transformants were obtained, 19 of which were characterised as single-copy foreign gene insertion. After preliminary screening of the T-1 families of these 19 transformants in the field, six highly insect-resistant homozygous lines were selected. These six homozygous transgenic lines were field tested for resistance to leaf folders and stem borers, and for their agronomic performance. The Cry1C* protein levels in leaves and endosperm were measured by ELISA. Subsequently, the elite transgenic line RJ5 was selected; this line not only possessed high resistance to leaf folders and stem borers, normal agronomic performance, but also Cry1C* expression was only 2.6 ng g(-1) in the endosperm. CONCLUSION: These results indicated that RJ5 has the potential for widespread utility in rice production. (C) 2009 Society of Chemical Industry
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