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Fan X, Sun H. Exploring Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation methods and its applications in Lilium. PLANT METHODS 2024; 20:120. [PMID: 39123215 PMCID: PMC11313100 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-024-01246-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/27/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024]
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As a typical bulb flower, lily is widely cultivated worldwide because of its high ornamental, medicinal and edible value. Although breeding efforts evolved over the last 10000 years, there are still many problems in the face of increasing consumer demand. The approach of biotechnological methods would help to solve this problem and incorporate traits impossible by conventional breeding. Target traits are dormancy, development, color, floral fragrance and resistances against various biotic and abiotic stresses, so as to improve the quality of bulbs and cut flowers in planting, cultivation, postharvest, plant protection and marketing. Genetic transformation technology is an important method for varietal improvement and has become the foundation and core of plant functional genomics research, greatly assisting various plant improvement programs. However, achieving stable and efficient genetic transformation of lily has been difficult worldwide. Many gene function verification studies depend on the use of model plants, which greatly limits the pace of directed breeding and germplasm improvement in lily. Although significant progress has been made in the development and optimization of genetic transformation systems, shortcomings remain. Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation has been widely used in lily. However, severe genotypic dependence is the main bottleneck limiting the genetic transformation of lily. This review will summarizes the research progress in the genetic transformation of lily over the past 30 years to generate the material including a section how genome engineering using stable genetic transformation system, and give an overview about recent and future applications of lily transformation. The information provided in this paper includes ideas for optimizing and improving the efficiency of existing genetic transformation methods and for innovation, provides technical support for mining and identifying regulatory genes for key traits, and lays a foundation for genetic improvement and innovative germplasm development in lily.
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- Xinyue Fan
- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Education Ministry, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Education Ministry, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China.
- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Northern Horticultural Facilities Design and Application Technology, Shenyang, 110866, China.
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Manchanda P, Sharma D, Kaur G, Kaur H, Vanshika. Exploring the Significance of Somaclonal Variations in Horticultural Crops. Mol Biotechnol 2024:10.1007/s12033-024-01214-6. [PMID: 38896180 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01214-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Genetic and epigenetic variations produced via cell and tissue culture open up new sources of variability intra-species which can be used to improve crops. The use of in vitro generated somaclonal variations for selecting novel variants aids in the development of novel genotypes having desirable agronomic traits that can be released as varieties or utilized for breeding purposes. Horticultural crops give higher yield and productivity per unit area than other crops, as well as provide good economic returns which have led to an increase in their potential benefits throughout time. The last three to four decades have seen the selection and release of a number of valuable somaclonal variants, many of which possess remarkable features including disease resistance, high yield, improved nutritional quality and abiotic stress tolerance. Generating somaclonal variations has given breeders a novel alternative option for obtaining genetic diversity in horticultural crops and without advanced technologies. The variations introduced through tissue culture process, methods to determine and validate genetic changes in vitro regenerated plantlets, along with prospective application of such variations in horticultural crops' improvement are reviewed in the present work.
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- Pooja Manchanda
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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Singh JKD, Mazumdar P, Othman RY, Harikrishna JA. Adding value to banana farming: Antibody production in post-harvest leaves. J Biotechnol 2024; 387:69-78. [PMID: 38582406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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Banana, a globally popular fruit, is widely cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical regions. After fruit harvest, remaining banana plant materials are low-value byproducts, mostly composted or used as fibre or for food packaging. As an aim to potentially increase farmer income, this study explored underutilised banana biomass as a novel plant tissue for production of a high-value product. Protein scFvTG130 used in this study, is an anti-toxoplasma single chain variable fragment antibody that can be used in diagnostics and neutralising the Toxoplasma gondii pathogen. Using detached banana leaves, we investigated the factors influencing the efficacy of a transient expression system using reporter genes and recombinant protein, scFvTG130. Transient expression was optimal at 2 days after detached banana leaves were vacuum infiltrated at 0.08 MPa vacuum pressure for a duration of 3 min with 0.01% (v/v) Tween20 using Agrobacterium strain GV3101 harbouring disarmed virus-based vector pIR-GFPscFvTG130. The highest concentration of anti-toxoplasma scFvTG130 antibody obtained using detached banana leaves was 22.8 µg/g fresh leaf tissue. This first study using detached banana leaf tissue for the transient expression of a recombinant protein, successfully demonstrated anti-toxoplasma scFvTG130 antibody expression, supporting the potential application for other related proteins using an underutilised detached banana leaf tissue.
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- Jasdeep Kaur Darsan Singh
- Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; Institute of Advanced Studies, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture (CEBAR), Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.
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Tisseyre P, Cartieaux F, Chabrillange N, Gully D, Hocher V, Svistoonoff S, Gherbi H. Setting up Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of the tropical legume Aeschynomene evenia, a powerful tool for studying gene function in Nod Factor-independent symbiosis. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297547. [PMID: 38625963 PMCID: PMC11020691 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024] Open
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Most legumes are able to develop a root nodule symbiosis in association with proteobacteria collectively called rhizobia. Among them, the tropical species Aeschynomene evenia has the remarkable property of being nodulated by photosynthetic Rhizobia without the intervention of Nod Factors (NodF). Thereby, A. evenia has emerged as a working model for investigating the NodF-independent symbiosis. Despite the availability of numerous resources and tools to study the molecular basis of this atypical symbiosis, the lack of a transformation system based on Agrobacterium tumefaciens significantly limits the range of functional approaches. In this report, we present the development of a stable genetic transformation procedure for A. evenia. We first assessed its regeneration capability and found that a combination of two growth regulators, NAA (= Naphthalene Acetic Acid) and BAP (= 6-BenzylAminoPurine) allows the induction of budding calli from epicotyls, hypocotyls and cotyledons with a high efficiency in media containing 0,5 μM NAA (up to 100% of calli with continuous stem proliferation). To optimize the generation of transgenic lines, we employed A. tumefaciens strain EHA105 harboring a binary vector carrying the hygromycin resistance gene and the mCherry fluorescent marker. Epicotyls and hypocotyls were used as the starting material for this process. We have found that one growth medium containing a combination of NAA (0,5 μM) and BAP (2,2 μM) was sufficient to induce callogenesis and A. tumefaciens strain EHA105 was sufficiently virulent to yield a high number of transformed calli. This simple and efficient method constitutes a valuable tool that will greatly facilitate the functional studies in NodF-independent symbiosis.
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- Pierre Tisseyre
- IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), UMR QualiSud, IRD-MONTPELLIER, Montpellier, France
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- IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), UMR PHIM (Plant Health Institute of Montpellier), Montpellier, France
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- IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), UMR PHIM (Plant Health Institute of Montpellier), Montpellier, France
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- IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), UMR PHIM (Plant Health Institute of Montpellier), Montpellier, France
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- IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), UMR PHIM (Plant Health Institute of Montpellier), Montpellier, France
- Laboratoire commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Centre de recherche de Bel Air, Dakar, Sénégal
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- IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), UMR PHIM (Plant Health Institute of Montpellier), Montpellier, France
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- IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), UMR PHIM (Plant Health Institute of Montpellier), Montpellier, France
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Delvento C, Arcieri F, Marcotrigiano AR, Guerriero M, Fanelli V, Dellino M, Curci PL, Bouwmeester H, Lotti C, Ricciardi L, Pavan S. High-density linkage mapping and genetic dissection of resistance to broomrape ( Orobanche crenata Forsk.) in pea ( Pisum sativum L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1216297. [PMID: 37492777 PMCID: PMC10364127 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1216297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is a widely cultivated legume of major importance for global food security and agricultural sustainability. Crenate broomrape (Orobanche crenata Forsk.) (Oc) is a parasitic weed severely affecting legumes, including pea, in the Mediterranean Basin and the Middle East. Previously, the identification of the pea line "ROR12", displaying resistance to Oc, was reported. Two-year field trials on a segregant population of 148 F7 recombinant inbred lines (RILs), originating from a cross between "ROR12" and the susceptible cultivar "Sprinter", revealed high heritability (0.84) of the "ROR12" resistance source. Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) on the same RIL population allowed the construction of a high-density pea linkage map, which was compared with the pea reference genome and used for quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping. Three QTLs associated with the response to Oc infection, named PsOcr-1, PsOcr-2, and PsOcr-3, were identified, with PsOcr-1 explaining 69.3% of the genotypic variance. Evaluation of the effects of different genotypic combinations indicated additivity between PsOcr-1 and PsOcr-2, and between PsOcr-1 and PsOcr-3, and epistasis between PsOcr-2 and PsOcr-3. Finally, three Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) marker assays were designed on the single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with the QTL significance peaks. Besides contributing to the development of pea genomic resources, this work lays the foundation for the obtainment of pea cultivars resistant to Oc and the identification of genes involved in resistance to parasitic Orobanchaceae.
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- Chiara Delvento
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council (CNR), Bari, Italy
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- Plant Hormone Biology Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, Section of Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Jia T, Tang T, Cheng B, Li Z, Peng Y. Development of two protocols for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of white clover (Trifolium repens) via the callus system. 3 Biotech 2023; 13:150. [PMID: 37131967 PMCID: PMC10148932 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03591-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
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White clover (Trifolium repens) is one of the most widely cultivated livestock forage plants whose persistence is severely affected by abiotic stresses. For the white clover, efficient regeneration systems is still a great necessity. In this study, inoculating 4-day-old cotyledons into MS media fortified with 0.4 mg·L-1 6-BA and 2 mg·L-1 2,4-D significantly increased the callus induction rate. Roots and cotyledons proved to be better explants, followed by hypocotyls, leaves, and petioles for callus induction. The development of differentiated structures occurred effectively on MS supplemented with 1 mg·L-1 6-BA and 0.1 mg·L-1 NAA. To increase transformation, we investigated various factors affecting the Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation in white clover. The optimal conditions for root-derived callus and 4-day-old cotyledons were as follows: Agrobacterium suspension density with OD600 of 0.5, 20 mg·L-1 AS, and 4 days of co-cultivation duration. Subsequently, we developed two transformation protocols: transformation after callus induction from 4-day-old roots (Protocol A) and transformation before initiation of callus from cotyledons (Protocol B). The transformation frequencies varied from 1.92 to 3.17% in Protocol A and from 2.76 to 3.47% in Protocol B. We report the possibility to regenerate multiple transgenic white clover plants from a single genetic background. Our research may also contribute to successful genetic manipulation and genome editing in white clover. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-023-03591-2.
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- Tong Jia
- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130 China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130 China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130 China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130 China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130 China
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Luo G, Najafi J, Correia PMP, Trinh MDL, Chapman EA, Østerberg JT, Thomsen HC, Pedas PR, Larson S, Gao C, Poland J, Knudsen S, DeHaan L, Palmgren M. Accelerated Domestication of New Crops: Yield is Key. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 63:1624-1640. [PMID: 35583202 PMCID: PMC9680862 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcac065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Sustainable agriculture in the future will depend on crops that are tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses, require minimal input of water and nutrients and can be cultivated with a minimal carbon footprint. Wild plants that fulfill these requirements abound in nature but are typically low yielding. Thus, replacing current high-yielding crops with less productive but resilient species will require the intractable trade-off of increasing land area under cultivation to produce the same yield. Cultivating more land reduces natural resources, reduces biodiversity and increases our carbon footprint. Sustainable intensification can be achieved by increasing the yield of underutilized or wild plant species that are already resilient, but achieving this goal by conventional breeding programs may be a long-term prospect. De novo domestication of orphan or crop wild relatives using mutagenesis is an alternative and fast approach to achieve resilient crops with high yields. With new precise molecular techniques, it should be possible to reach economically sustainable yields in a much shorter period of time than ever before in the history of agriculture.
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- Guangbin Luo
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg C DK-1871, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg C DK-1871, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg C DK-1871, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg C DK-1871, Denmark
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- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, J.C. Jacobsens Gade 4, Copenhagen V DK-1799, Denmark
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- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, J.C. Jacobsens Gade 4, Copenhagen V DK-1799, Denmark
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- US Department of Agriculture (USDA), USDA–ARS Forage & Range Research Lab, Utah State University Logan, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Carlsberg Research Laboratory, J.C. Jacobsens Gade 4, Copenhagen V DK-1799, Denmark
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- The Land Institute, Salina, KS 67401, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg C DK-1871, Denmark
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Zhang H, Mascher M, Abbo S, Jayakodi M. Advancing Grain Legumes Domestication and Evolution Studies with Genomics. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 63:1540-1553. [PMID: 35534441 PMCID: PMC9680859 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcac062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Grain legumes were domesticated in parallel with cereals in several regions of the world and formed the economic basis of early farming cultures. Since then, legumes have played a vital role in human and animal diets and in fostering agrobiodiversity. Increasing grain legume cultivation will be crucial to safeguard nutritional security and the resilience of agricultural ecosystems across the globe. A better understanding of the molecular underpinnings of domestication and crop evolution of grain legumes may be translated into practical approaches in modern breeding programs to stabilize yield, which is threatened by evolving pathogens and changing climates. During recent decades, domestication research in all crops has greatly benefited from the fast progress in genomic technologies. Yet still, many questions surrounding the domestication and diversification of legumes remain unanswered. In this review, we assess the potential of genomic approaches in grain legume research. We describe the centers of origin and the crucial domestication traits of grain legumes. In addition, we survey the effect of domestication on both above-ground and below-ground traits that have economic importance. Finally, we discuss open questions in grain legume domestication and diversification and outline how to bridge the gap between the preservation of historic crop diversity and their utilization in modern plant breeding.
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- Hailin Zhang
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstraße 3, Gatersleben, Seeland 06466, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstraße 3, Gatersleben, Seeland 06466, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstraße 4, Leipzig 04103, Germany
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- The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstraße 3, Gatersleben, Seeland 06466, Germany
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Xu X, Liu W, Liu X, Cao Y, Li X, Wang G, Fu C, Fu J. Genetic manipulation of bermudagrass photosynthetic biosynthesis using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13710. [PMID: 35567521 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Bermudagrass is one of the most extensively used warm-season grasses. It is widely used in landscaping, stadium construction and soil remediation due to its excellent regeneration, trampling and stress tolerances. However, studies on its regulatory mechanism and variety improvement by genetic engineering are still at a standstill, owing to its genetic variability and intrinsic limits linked with some resistance to Agrobacterium infection. In this study, we established a higher efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation via screening for vital embryogenic callus and improving infection efficiency. The superior callus was light yellow, hard granular and compact, determined with a differentiation rate of more than 95%. The optimized infestation courses by gentle shaking, vacuuming and sonicating were used. The infested calluses were co-cultured for 3 days, followed by desiccation treatments for 1 day to get higher infection efficiency. Then the CdHEMA1 gene, essential for chlorophyll biosynthesis, was cloned and transferred into bermudagrass to validate the aforementioned optimization procedures integrally. Molecular-level analyses indicated that the CdHEMA1 gene had successfully integrated and was greatly increased in transgenic seedlings. Results of the photosynthetic capacity assessment showed that CdHEMA1 overexpression may considerably enhance the contents of photosynthetic pigments, OJIP curve and reaction center density (RC/CSo) to absorb (ABS/CSo, ABS/CSM) and capture (TRo/CSo) more light energy, hence improve the performance indices PIABS and PICS compared to the wild type. The successful completion of this project would provide a solid platform for further gene function study and molecular breeding of bermudagrass.
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- Xiao Xu
- Coastal Salinity Tolerant Grass Engineering and Technology Research Center, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics and CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Coastal Salinity Tolerant Grass Engineering and Technology Research Center, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics and CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Coastal Salinity Tolerant Grass Engineering and Technology Research Center, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Coastal Salinity Tolerant Grass Engineering and Technology Research Center, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics and CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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- Coastal Salinity Tolerant Grass Engineering and Technology Research Center, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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