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Tissue culture and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation studies in four commercially important indica rice cultivars

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This research was undertaken to find an efficient tissue culture system and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation method for recalcitrant indica rice cultivars. For this, mature seeds of commercially important indica rice varieties, ASD16, ADT43, IR 64, and Pusa Basmati were cultured on MS and N6 medium supplemented with 2 mg l-1 2, 4-D + 30 g l-1 sucrose. The calli grown in N6 medium showed better friability and embryogenic response. Out of the four varieties tested, ASD16 and IR64 showed better callusing and embryogenic capacity as compared to ADT43 and Pusa Basmati. For genetic transformation studies, embryogenic calli of all the cultivars were co-cultivated with the Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA 4404 harboring the binary vector pCambia 1305.1 with GUS gene. GUS assay was performed for the putative transformed calli and its activity was found to be qualitatively higher in ASD16 and IR64 than the other two varieties. The best responsive ASD16 transformed calli was regenerated and the putative transgenic lines were regenerated. ASD16 transformed calli were confirmed by GUS assay. PCR analysis confirmed the presence of both GUS and HPT genes in ASD16 transgenic lines.

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  1. Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046, India

    Sathish Sundararajan, Venkatesh Rajendran & Sathishkumar Ramalingam

  2. Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641 046, India

    Balaji Sivaraman

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Sundararajan, S., Sivaraman, B., Rajendran, V. et al. Tissue culture and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation studies in four commercially important indica rice cultivars. J. Crop Sci. Biotechnol. 20, 175–183 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12892-017-0045-0

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