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Akter F, Wu S, Islam MS, Kyaw H, Yang J, Li M, Fu Y, Wu J. An Efficient Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation System for Gene Editing in Strawberry ( Fragaria × ananassa). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:563. [PMID: 38475410 DOI: 10.3390/plants13050563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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The octoploid-cultivated strawberry variety Benihope (Fragaria × ananassa Duch cv. Benihope) is an important commercial plant. It is highly susceptible to different diseases, which ultimately leads to a reduction in yield. Gene-editing methods, such as CRISPR/Cas9, demonstrate potential for improving disease resistance in the strawberry cv. Benihope. Establishing a plant regeneration system suitable for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing is crucial for obtaining transgenic plants on a large scale. This research established a callus induction and plant regeneration system for Agrobacterium-mediated CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in strawberry cv. Benihope by evaluating multiple types of explants and various plant growth regulators throughout the entire tissue culture process. The results showed that the efficiency of callus induction is strongly influenced by the type of explant and is highly sensitive to the combination of plant growth regulators. Among the different plant growth regulators employed, thidiazuron (TDZ), in combination with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), effectively induced callus formation and plant regeneration from explants derived from nutrient tissues such as runner tips and crowns. In addition, the regeneration experiment demonstrated that the addition of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVPP) to the shoot regeneration medium could inhibit tissue browning. The gene-edited plants in which some or all of the Fvb7-1, Fvb7-2, Fvb7-3, and Fvb7-4 genes in the MLO (Mildew resistance Locus O) gene family were knocked out by CRISPR/Cas9 system were obtained by applying the plant regeneration system developed in this study.
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- Fatema Akter
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Sarropoulou V, Maloupa E, Grigoriadou K. Cretan Dittany ( Origanum dictamnus L.), a Valuable Local Endemic Plant: In Vitro Regeneration Potential of Different Type of Explants for Conservation and Sustainable Exploitation. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:plants12010182. [PMID: 36616309 PMCID: PMC9824101 DOI: 10.3390/plants12010182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Origanum dictamnus L. is a medicinal local endemic to the Island of Crete, Greece. Its propagation through biotechnological tissue culture techniques is essential due to its augmented multi-industrial sector demand. For direct organogenesis, among different culture media variants (MS, Gamborg B5), and cytokinins [6-benzyladenine (BA), kinetin (Kin), 2-isopentenyl adenine (2-iP)], the MS + added with BA (2.2 μM) was the most effective treatment for shoots and roots formation. For indirect organogenesis, all explant types (leaves, petioles, roots) showed a 100% callusing rate after 2 months in all media variants tested; ODK1: 20 μM thidiazuron (TDZ) + 5 μM indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) or ODK2: 0.5 μM kinetin + 5 μM 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D). The leaves and petiole explants assured a low rate of shoot regeneration (20%) in ODK1. Afterwards, leaf-, petiole-and root-callus derived from both media were transferred to four new media plant growth regulators-free or with BA + IBA + gibberellic acid (GA3). After 10 months from callus transferring, the petiole callus gave rise to roots (20-75%) while the leaf callus exhibited 10-30% shoot or 30% root regeneration. In this study, indirect organogenesis of O. dictamnus was carried out for the first time, thus various organs can be used for plant regeneration, and the developed protocol may be applicable in the horticulture industry.
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Bian R, Yu S, Song X, Yao J, Zhang J, Zhang Z. An Integrated Metabolomic and Gene Expression Analysis of 'Sachinoka' Strawberry and Its Somaclonal Mutant Reveals Fruit Color and Volatiles Differences. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:82. [PMID: 36616212 PMCID: PMC9824559 DOI: 10.3390/plants12010082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Plant tissue culture produces a wide range of genetic variations which are useful for quality improvement of the plant species. However, the differences in metabolic components and the key genes responsible for the difference in metabolic components between somaclonal variation and the original parent are still largely unknown. In this study, a mutant named 'Mixue' was identified with somaclonal variation of the 'Sachinoka' strawberry. The contents of pelargonidin-3-O-glucoside and cyanidin-3-O-glucoside in the red fruit of 'Mixue' were significantly decreased compared with 'Sachinoka'. In comparison with 'Sachinoka', the expression levels of FaMYB10, FaMYB11.2, FaWD40 and FaTT19 in the turning fruit of 'Mixue' were significantly down-regulated, while the expression of FaMYB1 was significantly up-regulated in the red fruit. 'Sachinoka' and 'Mixue' fruits were found to have 110 volatile components. Among them, 15 volatile components in the red fruit of 'Mixue' were significantly increased compared with 'Sachinoka', such as nerolidol, benzaldehyde, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl isovalerate, which led to an enhanced aroma in 'Mixue' and might result from the up-regulated expression of FaNES1, FaCNL and FaAATs in 'Mixue'. These results provide useful information on the effect of somaclonal variation on metabolic components of strawberry fruit and lay the foundation for the improvement in quality of strawberry.
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- Ruiqing Bian
- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Strawberry Breeding and Cultivation, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Laboratory of Protected Horticulture (Shenyang Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110866, China
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Strawberry Breeding and Cultivation, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Laboratory of Protected Horticulture (Shenyang Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110866, China
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Strawberry Breeding and Cultivation, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Laboratory of Protected Horticulture (Shenyang Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110866, China
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Strawberry Breeding and Cultivation, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Laboratory of Protected Horticulture (Shenyang Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110866, China
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Strawberry Breeding and Cultivation, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Laboratory of Protected Horticulture (Shenyang Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110866, China
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- Liaoning Key Laboratory of Strawberry Breeding and Cultivation, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
- Laboratory of Protected Horticulture (Shenyang Agricultural University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110866, China
- Analytical and Testing Center, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
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Chung HH, Ouyang HY. Use of Thidiazuron for High-Frequency Callus Induction and Organogenesis of Wild Strawberry ( Fragaria vesca). PLANTS 2020; 10:plants10010067. [PMID: 33396927 PMCID: PMC7823688 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Strawberry, belonging to the Fragaria genus, is an important crop that produces popular fruits globally. F. vesca, known as wild strawberry, has great characteristics, such as a robust and powerful aroma, making it an important germplasm resource. The present study aims to establish an efficient regeneration method for the in vitro propagation of F. vesca. Firstly, leaf explants were used to induce callus formation on a Murashige and Skoog medium with combinations of cytokinins (thidiazuron (TDZ) and 6-benzylaminopurine (BA)) and auxin (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)). Among them, 0.45–4.54 µM TDZ combined with 0.45–4.53 µM 2.4-D exhibited a high induction rate after 4 weeks of culturing. Different explants were examined for their ability to form a callus, and whole leaves on the medium containing 2.27 µM TDZ and 2.27 µM 2,4-D showed the highest callus induction rate at 100% after 2 weeks of culturing in darkness. The highest shoot regeneration ability through organogenesis from the callus was obtained at 0.44 µM BA. After 2 weeks of culturing, the shoot regeneration rate and shoot number per explant were 96% and 19.4 shoots on an average, respectively. Rooting of shoots was achieved using indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) or an α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA)-containing medium, and the resulting plantlets were acclimatized successfully and formed flowers eventually. In this report, we demonstrated that shoot organogenesis was derived from the meristematic cells of calli and by transferring the induced calli to a 0.44 µM BA medium, the regeneration period can be shortened greatly. A protocol for the efficient regeneration of wild strawberry was established, which might be useful for their large-scale propagation or obtaining transgenic plants in the future.
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Wang H, Yang Y, Li M, Liu J, Jin W. Reinvigoration of diploid strawberry (Fragaria vesca) during adventitious shoot regeneration. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13007. [PMID: 31506476 PMCID: PMC6736952 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49391-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Diploid strawberry (Fragaria vesca 'Baiguo') is a model plant for studying functional genomics in Rosaceae. Adventitious shoot regeneration is essential for functional genomics by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. An efficient shoot regeneration method using diploid strawberry leaf explants was conducted on 1/2MS + 1/2B5 medium that contained 2.0 mg L-1 TDZ over 14 days of dark culture; this induced the maximum percentage of shoot regeneration (96.44 ± 1.60%) and the highest number of shoots per explant (23.46 ± 2.14) after 11 weeks of culture. The explants considerably enlarged after 12 days; then, turned greenish brown after 30 days, yellowish brown after 36 days, and completely brown and necrotic after 48 days. Large numbers of adventitious shoots were produced from 48 to 66 days, and the shoots elongated from 66 to 78 days; this represents a critical period of reinvigoration, which included 30 days for leaf explant chlorosis, 36 days for adventitious shoot appearance, and 48 days for generation of numerous shoots. During the reinvigoration process, higher expressions of the hormone synthesis-related genes Ciszog1, CKX2, CKX3, CKX7, YUC2, YUC6, YUC10, YUC9, and GA2ox were detected from 30 to 48 days. Our results indicate that these genes may regulate reinvigoration of shoot regeneration.
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- Hua Wang
- Beijing Academy of Forestry and Pomology Sciences, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Beijing Academy of Forestry and Pomology Sciences, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100093, China
- Beijing Engineering Research Center for Deciduous Fruit Trees, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Beijing Academy of Forestry and Pomology Sciences, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Beijing Academy of Forestry and Pomology Sciences, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Beijing Academy of Forestry and Pomology Sciences, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100093, China.
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Genetic transformation in strawberry (Fragaria spp.) can be achieved by using the Agrobacterium-mediated procedure on leaves from in vitro proliferated shoots. Regardless of the sufficient regeneration levels achieved from leaf explants of some commercial strawberry genotypes, the regeneration of transformed strawberry plants remains difficult and seems to be strongly genotype dependent. In fact, the main factors that play an important role in the success of strawberry genetic transformation are the availability of an efficient regeneration protocol and of an appropriate selection procedure of the putative transgenic shoots. The strawberry genetic transformation protocol herein described relates to three genotypes resulted from our experience with the highest regeneration and transformation efficiency. The study includes two octoploid Fragaria × ananassa cultivars, Sveva and Calypso, and a diploid F. vesca cultivar (Alpina W.O.). All the different steps related to the leaf tissue Agrobacterium infection, coculture, and selection of regenerating adventitious shoots, as well as the following identification of selected lines able to proliferate and root on the selective agent (kanamycin), will be described.
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- Roberto Cappelletti
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60100, Ancona, Italy
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Zakaria H, Hussein GM, Abdel-Hadi AHA, Abdallah NA. Improved regeneration and transformation protocols for three strawberry cultivars. GM CROPS & FOOD 2014; 5:27-35. [PMID: 24322545 PMCID: PMC5033169 DOI: 10.4161/gmcr.27229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Revised: 11/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) is an economically important soft fruit crop with polyploid genome which makes the breeding of new cultivars difficult. Simple and efficient method for transformation and regeneration is required for cultivars improvement in strawberry. In the present study, adventitious shoot regeneration has been investigated in three cultivated strawberry plants, i.e., Festival, Sweet Charly and Florida via direct organogenesis using the in vitro juvenile leaves as explants. Explants were collected after sub-culturing on a propagation medium composed of MS supplemented with 0.5 mg/l BA; 0.1 mg/l GA3 and 0.1 mg/l IBA. To select the suitable organogenesis, the explants of the three cultivars were cultured on MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of TDZ (1, 2, 3, and 4 mg/l), then incubated at a temperature of 22 °C ± 2. Medium containing 2 mg/l TDZ revealed the best regeneration efficiency with the three cultivars (72% for Festival, and 73% for Sweet Charly and Florida). After 4 weeks, the produced shoots were cultured on MS medium with different concentrations of BA and Kin to enhance shoot elongation. Results showed that the medium containing 1.5 mg/l BA and 0.5 mg/l Kin revealed highest elongation efficiency (88% and 94%) for Festival and Sweet Charly, respectively. On the other hand, medium containing 1.5 mg/l BA and 0.1 mg/l Kin showed highest elongation efficiency (90%) in Florida. Elongated shoots were successfully rooted on MS medium containing 1.5 mg/l NAA. Furthermore, transformation of the two cultivars, Festival and Sweet Charly, has been established via Agrobacterium strain LBA44404 containing the plasmid pISV2678 with gus-intron and bar genes. Three days post co-cultivation, GUS activity was screening using the histochemical assay. The results showed 16% and 18% of the tested plant materials has changed into blue color for Festival and Sweet Charly, respectively. Out of 120 explants only 13 shoots were developed on bialaphos medium for each cultivar, representing 10.8% bialaphos resistant strawberry shoot. The presence of the both genes bar and uid A was detected by PCR and Northern giving a transformation efficiency of 5%.
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- Hossam Zakaria
- Department of Plant Genetic Transformation; Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI); Agricultural Research Center (ARC); Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Genetic Transformation; Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI); Agricultural Research Center (ARC); Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Genetics; Faculty of Agriculture; Cairo University; Giza, Egypt
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Haddadi F, Aziz MA, Kamaladini H, Ravanfar SA. Thidiazuron- and Zeatin-induced High-frequency Shoot Regeneration from Leaf and Shoot-tip Explants of Strawberry. HORTTECHNOLOGY 2013; 23:276-281. [DOI: 10.21273/horttech.23.3.276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa cv. Camarosa) was evaluated to determine a high-frequency shoot regeneration response for leaf and shoot-tip explants. For direct organogenesis from strawberry leaves, combinations of moderate concentrations of thidiazuron [TDZ (0, 2, and 4 μm)] and 6-benzylaminopurine [BAP (0, 4, and 9 μm)] added into medium containing Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal salts were compared. The most shoots regenerated per leaf explant were observed with 4-μm TDZ. Regeneration from shoot tips was evaluated with 0-, 2-, 4-, 8-, and 16-μm zeatin, kinetin, or 6-α,α-dimethylallylamino purine (2ip) tested individually. Optimum shoot proliferation was achieved from shoot-tip explants on medium containing 4-μm zeatin. Rooting was best without cytokinins in the medium; however, adequate rooting was obtained on the 4-μm zeatin treatment as well.
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- Fatemeh Haddadi
- Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia
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- Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia
- Laboratory of Plantation Crops, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia
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- Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zabol, Zabol, Sistan and Bloochestan, Iran
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- Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, 43400, Malaysia
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Husaini AM. Pre- and post-agroinfection strategies for efficient leaf disk transformation and regeneration of transgenic strawberry plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2010; 29:97-110. [PMID: 19956955 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-009-0801-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2009] [Revised: 11/02/2009] [Accepted: 11/11/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Following previously described Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation procedures for Fragaria x ananassa Duch. 'Chandler', we undertook several experiments to establish the importance of some parameters affecting transformation. The most important factor that increased the percent recovery of transformants was the introduction of a pre-selection phase, in-between co-cultivation and selection, in which leaf disks were cultured on pre-selection regeneration medium containing validamycin A, timentin, and cefotaxime. The average percentage of leaf disks forming shoots on selection medium containing cefotaxime (250 mg l(-1)) + timentin (250 mg l(-1)) was 5.4% and about three shoots per regenerating leaf disk. Maximum transformation percentage, based on polymerase chain reaction, was 31.25%. Transgene integration and copy number were assessed by Southern hybridization confirming single copy as well as multiple copies of transgene integration in shoots as well as roots separately. This confirmed the non-chimeric nature of these transgenic plants. The system is very promising for the regeneration of genetically transformed cells and obtaining transgenic strawberry plants at high efficiency.
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- Amjad Masood Husaini
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.
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Folta KM, Dhingra A, Howard L, Stewart PJ, Chandler CK. Characterization of LF9, an octoploid strawberry genotype selected for rapid regeneration and transformation. PLANTA 2006; 224:1058-67. [PMID: 16614818 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0278-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2006] [Accepted: 03/25/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria xananassa) is a valuable crop, yet the absence of a rapid, high-throughput transgenic system has precluded meaningful application of biotechnology and translation of information from plant models to this crop. A new octoploid strawberry genetic line Laboratory Festival #9 has been identified, selected solely for its rapid regeneration and efficient transformation. Direct organogenesis has been achieved from all tissues tested, with rapidly-growing shoot initials visible in as few as 13 days. The conditions for optimal shoot regeneration, transformant selection, root generation, and plant acclimatization are presented. The progression from explant to plant in soil can be achieved in about 60 days. The development of transformation protocols in this rapid-cycling genotype allows high-throughput studies of gene function in the octoploid strawberry genetic background.
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- Kevin M Folta
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, 1301 Fifield Hall, PO Box 110690, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Organogenesis on Root, Leaf, Stem-Disc, and Scape Explants ofEryngium foetidumL., a Rare Medicinal Plant. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1300/j044v11n04_02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Oosumi T, Gruszewski HA, Blischak LA, Baxter AJ, Wadl PA, Shuman JL, Veilleux RE, Shulaev V. High-efficiency transformation of the diploid strawberry (Fragaria vesca) for functional genomics. PLANTA 2006; 223:1219-30. [PMID: 16320068 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0170-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2005] [Accepted: 10/31/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Fragaria vesca L., a diploid (2n = 2x = 14) relative of the commercial octoploid strawberry, is an attractive model for functional genomics research in Rosaceae. Its small genome size, short reproductive cycle, and facile vegetative and seed propagation make F. vesca a promising candidate for forward and reverse genetics experiments. However, the lack of a high-efficiency transformation protocol required for systematic production of thousands of T-DNA insertional mutant lines and high-throughput gene validation is a major bottleneck. We describe a new transformation procedure that uses leaf explants from newly unfolded trifoliate leaves obtained from stock plants 6-7 weeks after seed germination, co-cultivation with Agrobacterium strain GV3101, and stringent selection on MS medium containing 4 mg l(-1) hygromycin. Using this protocol we achieved 100% transformation efficiency for 6 of 14 F. vesca accessions tested. Accession PI 551572 was determined to be the best candidate for a model in F. vesca functional genomics research, as it showed the greatest propensity for callus formation, transformation, shoot regeneration, ex vitro establishment, and plant growth, requiring only 14-15 weeks to complete its life cycle in different seasons in the greenhouse.
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- Teruko Oosumi
- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Washington St, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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Landi L, Mezzetti B. TDZ, auxin and genotype effects on leaf organogenesis in Fragaria. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2006; 25:281-8. [PMID: 16231183 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-005-0066-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2005] [Revised: 08/29/2005] [Accepted: 09/11/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The different types of organogenic (roots and adventitious shoots) and callus formation responses of leaves from 30-day-old proliferating shoots of different Fragaria spp. genotypes were studied in response to MS medium supplemented with 4.54 microM 1-phenyl-3-(1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl) urea (thidiazuron; TDZ) alone and in combination with 0.98 microM indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 0.84 microM 3-benzo[b]selenienyl acetic acid (BSAA) or 0.90 microM 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D). The study included: nine octoploid Fragaria x ananassa cultivars and breeding selections; two octoploid breeding selections from F. virginiana glauca inter-species crosses; two diploid F. vesca cultivars; and one diploid clone of F. nubicola Lindl. TDZ plus IBA promoted the highest shoot regeneration efficiencies from leaves of nearly all of the genotypes, while the TDZ/BSAA and TDZ/2,4-D combinations promoted high regeneration efficiencies for only some of the genotypes (Alpina W.O., Sveva, AN 91.371.53, Onda, Paros and FO93.143.5). For the more efficient regenerating genotypes, IBA induced the highest frequency of regenerating leaves, while BSAA induced the highest number of regenerated shoots from leaves and more callus production for most of the genotypes.
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- L Landi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali e delle Produzioni Vegetali, Marche Polytechnic University, Via Brecce Bianche, 60100 Ancona, Italy
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Lunkenbein S, Coiner H, de Vos CHR, Schaart JG, Boone MJ, Krens FA, Schwab W, Salentijn EMJ. Molecular characterization of a stable antisense chalcone synthase phenotype in strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa). JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2006; 54:2145-53. [PMID: 16536589 DOI: 10.1021/jf052574z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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An octaploid (Fragaria x ananassa cv. Calypso) genotype of strawberry was transformed with an antisense chalcone synthase (CHS) gene construct using a ripening related CHS cDNA from Fragaria x ananassa cv. Elsanta under the control of the constitutive CaMV 35S promoter via Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Out of 25 transgenic lines, nine lines showed a reduction in CHS mRNA accumulation of more than 50% as compared to the untransformed cv. Calypso control. The antisense CHS construct was found to be integrated into the genome, with a copy number ranging from one to four. The pigmentation of the fruit was only affected when less than 5% of the control CHS expression level was detected. A stable antisense phenotype over a period of 4 years was obtained in the primary transgenic lines at a rate of 1:20. As a consequence of the reduced activity of CHS, the levels of anthocyanins, flavonols, and proanthocyanidins were downregulated and precursors of the flavonoid pathway were shunted to the phenylpropanoid pathway leading to highly increased levels of cinnamoyl glucose (520% of control), caffeoyl glucose (816% of control), and feruloyl glucose (1092% of control) as well as p-coumaryl alcohol (363% of control) and p-coumaryl-1-acetate (1079% of control), which occur only as trace components in untransformed control fruits. These results demonstrate that the introduction of an antisense CHS construct in strawberry results in an unpredictable biochemical phenotype, thereby confirming that CHS function is an important regulatory point of substrate flow between the flavonoid and the phenylpropanoid pathways.
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- Stefan Lunkenbein
- Biomolecular Food Technology, Technical University München, Lise-Meitner-Strasse 34, 85354 Freising, Germany
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Folta KM, Staton M, Stewart PJ, Jung S, Bies DH, Jesdurai C, Main D. Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from octoploid strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2005; 5:12. [PMID: 15985176 PMCID: PMC1182381 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-5-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2005] [Accepted: 06/28/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) represents one of the most valued fruit crops in the United States. Despite its economic importance, the octoploid genome presents a formidable barrier to efficient study of genome structure and molecular mechanisms that underlie agriculturally-relevant traits. Many potentially fruitful research avenues, especially large-scale gene expression surveys and development of molecular genetic markers have been limited by a lack of sequence information in public databases. As a first step to remedy this discrepancy a cDNA library has been developed from salicylate-treated, whole-plant tissues and over 1800 expressed sequence tags (EST's) have been sequenced and analyzed. RESULTS A putative unigene set of 1304 sequences--133 contigs and 1171 singlets--has been developed, and the transcripts have been functionally annotated. Homology searches indicate that 89.5% of sequences share significant similarity to known/putative proteins or Rosaceae ESTs. The ESTs have been functionally characterized and genes relevant to specific physiological processes of economic importance have been identified. A set of tools useful for SSR development and mapping is presented. CONCLUSION Sequences derived from this effort may be used to speed gene discovery efforts in Fragaria and the Rosaceae in general and also open avenues of comparative mapping. This report represents a first step in expanding molecular-genetic analyses in strawberry and demonstrates how computational tools can be used to optimally mine a large body of useful information from a relatively small data set.
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- Kevin M Folta
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Genetics, Biochemistry & Life Science Studies, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Genetics, Biochemistry & Life Science Studies, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Genetics, Biochemistry & Life Science Studies, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Genetics, Biochemistry & Life Science Studies, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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Zhao Y, Liu Q, Davis RE. Transgene expression in strawberries driven by a heterologous phloem-specific promoter. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2004; 23:224-230. [PMID: 15235813 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0812-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2003] [Revised: 04/27/2004] [Accepted: 04/28/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Strawberry is susceptible to diseases caused by phytoplasmas, mycoplasma-like prokaryotes restricted to sieve elements in the phloem tissue of infected plants. One strategy to improve strawberry resistance to phytoplasmas involves transgenic expression of anti-microbial peptide genes in phloem. For targeted phloem-specific expression, we constructed a binary vector with an expression cassette bearing the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene (uidA) under control of the Arabidopsis sucrose-H+ symporter gene (AtSUC2) promoter. Transgenic strawberry lines were generated with high efficiencies by a modified transformation protocol, which combines the adoption of a 3-day pre-selection period following transformation, and the addition of 10-microM thidiazuron to the regeneration medium. Histological GUS activity indicated that the reporter gene was expressed specifically in phloem of leaves, petioles, and roots of transgenic plants. The results suggest that the transformation protocol and the AtSUC2 promoter may be useful for engineering phytoplasma-resistant transgenic strawberries.
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- Yan Zhao
- Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, USDA-Agriculture Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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Schaart JG, Krens FA, Pelgrom KTB, Mendes O, Rouwendal GJA. Effective production of marker-free transgenic strawberry plants using inducible site-specific recombination and a bifunctional selectable marker gene. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2004; 2:233-40. [PMID: 17147614 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00067.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Public concerns about the issue of the environmental safety of genetically modified plants have led to a demand for technologies allowing the production of transgenic plants without selectable (antibiotic resistance) markers. We describe the development of an effective transformation system for generating such marker-free transgenic plants, without the need for repeated transformation or sexual crossing. This system combines an inducible site-specific recombinase for the precise elimination of undesired, introduced DNA sequences with a bifunctional selectable marker gene used for the initial positive selection of transgenic tissue and subsequent negative selection for fully marker-free plants. The described system can be generally applied to existing transformation protocols, and was tested in strawberry using a model vector in which site-specific recombination leads to a functional combination of a cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter and a GUS encoding sequence, thereby enabling the histochemical monitoring of recombination events. Fully marker-free transgenic strawberry plants were obtained following two different selection/regeneration strategies.
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- Jan G Schaart
- Plant Research International, Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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