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Gewählte Publikation:
da Camara Machado A., Katinger H., Laimer da Camara Machado M..
(1994):
Coat protein-mediated protection against plum pox virus in herbaceous model plants and transformation of apricot and plum
Euphytica, 77, 129-134
- Abstract:
- The expression of the viral coat protein gene in transgenic plants has been shown to induce tolerance against virus infection (Beachy et al., 1990). Transgenic plants of Nicotiana clevelandii and Nicotiana benthamiana - herbaceous host plants for PPV - transformed with Agrobacterium strain LBA 4404 containing the plasmid pBinPPVm, regenerated on selection media containing kanamycin were tested for the expression of the PPV-coat protein gene by ELISA and immune western blot. After rooting and acclimatisation plants were tested for the protection against PPV. Following the inoculation plants were investigated for symptom development and virus accumulation. Different lines were identified, according to the different reaction to the mechanical inoculation, ranging from a complete absence to a strong reduction of symptoms. There have not been many reports on transformation of trees in general, and in fruit trees particularly. It is obvious that the major obstacle is the regeneration of transformed plantlets. Attempts to improve crop plants by genetic engineering techniques will always depend very strongly on the availability of reliable protocols for transformation, selection and regeneration (Laimer et al., 1989, 1990). Different systems involving juvenile and adult plant material have been developed allowing the transfer of foreign genes into apricot and plum cultivars. We report the transformation and regeneration of Prunus armeniaca and Prunus domestica plants with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA 4404 containing various binary plasmids, pBinGUSint, carrying the marker gene beta-glucuronidase (GUS) and pBinPPVm, carrying the coat protein gene of Plum Pox Virus (PPV), the causal agent of Sharka disease. The marker gene GUS was used for the optical evaluation of the efficiency of different transformation systems involving cotyledons of immature embryos as well as somatic embryos and leaf discs. The coat protein gene of PPV was used to introduce the coat protein mediated resistance against one of the most important pathogens of stone fruit trees in Europe and the whole Mediterranean area.
- Autor*innen der BOKU Wien:
- Katinger Hermann
- Laimer Margit
- Find related publications in this database (Keywords)
- COAT PROTEIN-MEDIATED PROTECTION
- PLUM POX VIRUS
- TRANSFORMATION
- PRUNUS ARMENIACA
- PRUNUS DOMESTICA
- APRICOT
- PLUM