Optimization of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation conditions of prospective genotypes of winter bread wheat by in planta method

Aim. Optimization of conditions for genetic transformation of new promising genotypes of winter bread wheat (T. aestivum L.) by in planta method. Methods. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation by in planta method using the strain AGL0 and vector construct pBi2E. Results. The influence of air temperature, optical density of cells of agrobacterial suspension, inoculation day and composition of inoculation medium on the frequency of obtaining transgenic plants of new winter wheat genotypes was studied. The dependence of the frequency obtaining of transgenic plants from environmental conditions, in particular temperature, has been established. It was found that the temperature regime of 20-22°C provided the largest number (4.8%) of wheat transformants, and when the temperature is reduced to 16-18°C there is a decrease in the efficiency of T-DNA transfer into the plant genome and the lowest frequency of transformation (0.7%). Conclusions. The largest number of transformants was obtained using a inoculation medium without sucrose, the optical density of cells of the agrobacterial suspension of 0.6 op.od. and inoculation on the third day after castration of ears. Keywords: T. aestivum, Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in planta, optimization of conditions.

Genetic transformation of promising genotypes of winter bread wheat by in planta method

Aim. Optimization of conditions and genetic transformation of new promising genotypes of winter bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by in planta method. Methods. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation by the in planta method using strain AGL0 and vector construct pBi-OAT. Results. The influence of air temperature, optical density of cells of agrobacterial suspension, inoculation day and composition of inoculation medium on the frequency of obtaining transgenic plants of new promising genotypes of winter wheat was studied. The dependence of the frequency of obtaining transgenic plants on environmental conditions, in particular temperature, has been established. It was found that the temperature regime of 20-22 °C provided the largest number (4.4%) of wheat transformants, and when the temperature is reduced to 16-18 °C there is a decrease in the efficiency of T-DNA transfer into the plant genome and the lowest frequency of transformation is observed. Conclusions. The largest number of transformants was obtained using a inoculation medium without sucrose, the optical density of cells of the agrobacterial suspension of 0.4 op.od. and inoculation on the third day after castration of ears. Keywords: Triticum aestivum L., Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, ornithine-δ-aminotransferase gene.

High transformation efficiency in Arabidopsis using extremely low Agrobacterium inoculum

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation methods have allowed the stable introduction of target genes into the nuclear genomes of recipient plants. Among them, the floral dip approach represents the simplest due to its straightforwardness and high transformation efficiency. In a standard floral dip protocol that most researchers follow, Agrobacterium cells are grown to stationary phase (OD 600≈2.0) in large cultures and resuspended in inoculation medium to OD 600≥0.8. Here, we tested the effects of low Agrobacterium inoculum on transformation rate. Our data revealed that the floral dip method still guarantees a relatively high transformation rate in the Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 ecotype even with very low Agrobacterium inoculum (OD 600=0.002). Our finding thus simplifies the floral dipping protocol further, which allows transformation with small bacterial culture and enables high-throughput transformation of large numbers of constructs in parallel.

High transformation efficiency in Arabidopsis using extremely low Agrobacterium inoculum

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation methods have allowed the stable introduction of target genes into the nuclear genomes of recipient plants. Among them, the floral dip approach represents the simplest due to its straightforwardness and high transformation efficiency. In a standard floral dip protocol that most researchers follow, Agrobacterium cells are grown to stationary phase (OD600≈2.0) in large cultures and resuspended in inoculation medium to OD600≥0.8. Here, we tested the effects of low Agrobacterium inoculum on transformation rate. Our data revealed that the floral dip method still guarantees relatively high transformation rate in Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 ecotype even with very low Agrobacterium inoculum (OD600=0.002). Our finding thus simplifies the floral dipping protocol further, which allows transformation with small bacterial culture and enables high-throughput transformation of large numbers of constructs in parallel.