Cry3A transgenic, bark beetle resistant spruce NAZV project QH
Spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus)
Bark beetle galleries
Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein (Cry, δ-endoTOXin)
Agrobacterium interaction with the plant cell
Spruce is difficult to transformSpruce is difficult to transform No known Bt toxin is toxic enough to bark beetleNo known Bt toxin is toxic enough to bark beetle Major problems:
Spruce callus cultures
Somatic embryogenesis induction conversion cultivation
Modified Cry3A genes Cry3A orig Synt TOX-1 (602 aa)-codons Picea optimized Ndel/sTOX-1 Cdel/sTOX-1 (602 aa) Cdel/Ndel/sTOX-1GUS
Refined modification of domain II
Expression vector
PAGE analysis of modified Cry3A expression
WESTERN detection of modified Cry3A proteins
Toxicity tests on live beetles
K o n e c p r e s e n t a c e