Herbicide Resistant Turfgrass(Zoysia japonica cv. 'Zenith') Plants by Particle bombardment-mediated Transformation

  • Lim Sun-Hyung (Turfgrass & Environmental Research Institute, Samsung Everland) ;
  • Kang Byung-Chorl (Turfgrass & Environmental Research Institute, Samsung Everland) ;
  • Shin Hong-Kyun (Turfgrass & Environmental Research Institute, Samsung Everland)
  • Published : 2004.12.01

Abstract

Transgenic zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica cv. Zenith) plants have been obtained by particle bombardment of embryogenic callus with the plasmid pSMABuba, which contains hygromycin resistance (hpt) and bialaphos resistance (bar) genes. Parameters on DNA delivery efficiency of the particle bombardment were partially optimized using transient expression assay of a chimeric $\beta-glucuronidase$(gusA) gene driven by the CaMV 35S promoter. Stably transfarmed zoysiagrass plants were recovered with a selection scheme using hygromycin. Transgenic zoysiagrass plants were confirmed by PCR analysis with specific primer for bar gene. Expression of the transgene in transformed zoysiagrass plants was demonstrated by Reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR analysis. All the tested transgenic plants showed herbicide BastaR resistance at the field application rate of $0.1\%-0.3\%$.

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