Increased resistance to crown rust disease in transgenic Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) expressing the rice chitinase gene
- 15 December 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Plant Cell Reports
- Vol. 23 (12), 811-818
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-004-0900-1
Abstract
We introduced the rice chitinase (Cht-2; RCC2) gene into calli of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), with a hygromycin phosphotransferase (HPT) gene as a selectable marker, by particle bombardment. Hygromycin-resistant calli were selected and transferred to regeneration medium for shoot formation. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis revealed regenerants containing the HPT gene. The RCC2 gene was detected in 65.5% of those regenerants. Southern hybridization detected both HPT and RCC2 genes and indicated that the transgenic plants were independently transformed. Expression of the RCC2 gene in the transgenic plants was confirmed by Northern hybridization, reverse transcription–PCR and Western blotting. Bioassay of detached leaves indicated increased resistance to crown rust (Puccinia coronata) in transgenic plants, which exhibited higher chitinase activity than a nontransgenic plant.This publication has 35 references indexed in Scilit:
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