Journal
PLANT METHODS
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-019-0503-z
Keywords
Wheat; Triticum aestivum; Genetic modification; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Immature embryo
Categories
Funding
- BBSRC [BBS/E/J/000PR9778]
- BBSRC [BBS/E/J/000PR9789, BB/N019466/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Background: Despite wheat being a worldwide staple, it is still considered the most difficult to transform out of the main cereal crops. Therefore, for the wheat research community, a freely available and effective wheat transformation system is still greatly needed. Results: We have developed and optimised a reproducible Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system for the spring wheat cv 'Fielder' that yields transformation efficiencies of up to 25%. We report on some of the important factors that influence transformation efficiencies. In particular, these include donor plant health, stage of the donor material, pre-treatment by centrifugation, vector type and selection cassette. Transgene copy number data for independent plants regenerated from the same original immature embryo suggests that multiple transgenic events arise from single immature embryos, therefore, actual efficiencies might be even higher than those reported. Conclusion: We reported here a high-throughput, highly efficient and repeatable transformation system for wheat and this system has been used successfully to introduce genes of interest, for RNAi, over-expression and for CRISPR-Cas9 based genome editing.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available