| Literature DB >> 15668791 |
Lynette J Grace1, Julia A Charity, Belinda Gresham, Nod Kay, Christian Walter.
Abstract
Transgenic radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don) plants containing a Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin gene, crylAc, were produced by means of biolistic transformation of embryogenic tissue. Using the selectable marker gene nptII and corresponding geneticin selection, 20 independent transgenic lines from five genotypes were established. Over 200 plants regenerated from ten transgenic lines were successfully transferred to soil. The integration and expression of the introduced genes in transgenic tissue and/or plants were confirmed by PCR, Southern hybridisation and neomycin phosphotransferase II (NPTII) and Bt ELISA assays. Bioassays with larvae of the painted apple moth, Teia anartoides, demonstrated that transgenic plants displayed variable levels of resistance to insect damage, with one transgenic line being highly resistant to feeding damage.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15668791 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0912-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Cell Rep ISSN: 0721-7714 Impact factor: 4.570