Workpackage 2: Breeding Systems Specific objectives The development of a reliable transformation protocol of garlic using Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a vector Persons involved Si-Jun Zheng, Betty Henken, Frans Krens, Chris Kik (Plant RI, Wageningen, the Netherlands)
Short overview activities 2002 Plant regeneration from non-apical root segment
Short overview activities 2002
Paper with new title: The development of an efficient cultivar independent plant regeneration system from callus derived from both apical and non-apical root segments of garlic (Allium sativum L.) accepted by In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. Plant
Development of transformation protocol Transgenic garlic in the greenhouse
Overview activities 2002 A reliable genetic transformation protocol has been developed in garlic
Callus line with GFP expression after selection for 4 months (cv. Printanor ) Analysis of transgenic garlic: GFP
Small garlic shoots with GFP expression after selection for 4 months and regeneration for another 3 months (cv. Printanor)
Analysis of transgenic garlic: GFP Garlic shoot with GFP expression after selection for 4 months and regeneration for another 4 months (cv. Printanor) First GFP plant produced in Plant RI
Analysis of transgenic garlic: standard PCR uid A primers resulting in a 710 bp fragment lane 1-3: transgenic garlic lane 4: negative control lane 5: positive control lane 6: 1kb DNA ladder marker
Cry1Ca primers resulting in a 802 bp fragment lane 1: 1 kb DNA ladder marker lane 2-6: transgenic garlic Analysis of transgenic garlic: standard PCR
PCR amplification of genomic DNA flanking the T-DNA right border after Ssp I digestion lane 1: 1kb DNA ladder marker lane 2: untransformed garlic DNA lane 3: transgenic garlic plant transformed with pCAMBIA1301- Ho4 lane 4: transgenic garlic plant transformed with pCAMBIA1301- Cry1Ca 123 4
Analysis of transgenic garlic: bio-assay Transgenic garlic with Cry1Ca gene is highly resistant to beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua)
Overview activities 2002
Next steps transformation research Detailed molecular characterisation of the transgenic garlic plants (Southern blot etc.) Writing a paper on garlic transformation Transfer, via genetic modification, a (key)gene from the sulphur metabolic pathway into garlic Shallot ATP sulfurylase is being cloned