Abstract
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) targeting immature embryo explants is a route to introduce transgenic alleles into the crop. The protocol requires maintenance of quality stock plants under greenhouse conditions for a constant supply of immature embryo explants. This is typically carried out by a regular sowing of seeds, minimal use of pesticides, and monitoring of plants to document pollen dispersal and bagging of heads. The time frame from explant inoculation to establishment of a primary transgenic event in the greenhouse typically ranges from 4 to 6 months. Seed set in the primary transformants is comparable to greenhouse-grown stock plants, with the majority of the transgenic alleles being inherited as a single functional locus.
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Guo, X., Ge, Z., Sato, S.J., Clemente, T.E. (2015). Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). In: Wang, K. (eds) Agrobacterium Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1223. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1695-5_14
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