Summary
The wild species Solanum integrifolium represents a source of pest and disease resistance genes for breeding strategies of the cultivated species Solanum melongena. Somatic hybridization via protoplast fusion between the two species may provide a valuable tool for transferring polygenic traits into the cultivated species. The availability of S.integrifolium cells carrying dominant selectable markers would facilitate the heterokaryon rescue. An appropriate methodology for in vitro culture and plant regeneration from leaf explants of S.integrifolium is reported. Efficient leaf-disk transformation via co-cultivation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens led to the regeneration of transformed plants carrying the reporter genes GUS and NPT-II. Transformed individuals were obtained through selection on kanamycin-containing medium. Stable genetic transformation was assessed by histochemical and enzymatic assays for GUS and NPT-II activity, by the ability of leaf disks to initiate callus on Km-containing medium, Southern blot analyses of the regenerated plants, and genetic analysis of their progenies. Selfed-seed progeny of individual transformed plants segregated seedlings capable to root and grow in selective condition, while untransformed progeny did not. Genetic analyses of progeny behaviour showed that the reporter gene NPT-II segregated as single as well as two independent Mendelian factors. In two cases an excess of kanamycin-sensitive seedlings was obtained, not fitting into any genetic hypothesis.
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Abbreviations
- MS:
-
Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium
- NOS:
-
nopaline synthase
- NPT-II:
-
neomycin phosphotransferase
- GUS:
-
beta-glucuronidase
- LB:
-
Luria and Bertani medium
- KIN:
-
6-furfurylaminopurine
- BAP:
-
6-benzylaminopurine
- 2iP:
-
N6-(2-isopentyl)adenine
- ZEA:
-
zeatin
- TDZ:
-
Thidiazuron
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Rotino, G.L., Perrone, D., Ajmone-Marsan, P. et al. Transformation of Solanum integrifolium poir via Agrobacterium tumefaciens: Plant regeneration and progeny analysis. Plant Cell Reports 11, 11–15 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00231831
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