Journal
PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE
Volume 101, Issue 1, Pages 65-78Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-009-9665-0
Keywords
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.); Transgene; Salt stress; Glycine betaine
Funding
- Hi-Tech Research and Development (863) Program of China [2007AA10Z175, 2007AA091701]
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A betA gene encoding choline dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli (E. coli) was transformed into wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. PCR amplification and Southern blotting confirmed the existence of transgene in transformed plants and their progeny. Levels of expression of the betA gene varied among the different transgenic lines based on RT-PCR analysis. Under salt stress conditions, transgenic lines L2 and L3 had higher levels of glycine betaine and chlorophyll, lower Na+/K+ ratios and solute potential, and less cell membrane damage. These lines also retained moderately higher photosynthesis rates and more vigorous growth than the wild-type line at 200 mM NaCl. In a field trial in a high salt field, transgenic lines L2 and L3 had higher germination rates, more tillers and higher grain yields in comparison to the wild-type plants. This suggested that the transgenic plants were more tolerant to salt stress and have potential for breeding salt-tolerant wheat.
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