Dear Editor,Agrobacterium-mediated transformation technology is of vital importance for functional genomics studies and precision breeding in crops due to low cost and clear genetic manifestation.A morphogenic gene pa...Dear Editor,Agrobacterium-mediated transformation technology is of vital importance for functional genomics studies and precision breeding in crops due to low cost and clear genetic manifestation.A morphogenic gene pair,BABY BOOM and WUSCHEL(BBM-WUS).展开更多
Cotton(Gossypium spp.)is one of the most important fiber crops worldwide.In the last two decades,transgenesis and genome editing have played important roles in cotton improvement.However,genotype dependence is one of ...Cotton(Gossypium spp.)is one of the most important fiber crops worldwide.In the last two decades,transgenesis and genome editing have played important roles in cotton improvement.However,genotype dependence is one of the key bottlenecks in generating transgenic and gene-edited cotton plants through either particle bombardment or Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.Here,we developed a shoot apical meristem(SAM)cell-mediated transformation system(SAMT)that allowed the transformation of recalcitrant cotton genotypes including widely grown upland cotton(Gossypium hirsutum),Sea island cotton(Gossypium barbadense),and Asiatic cotton(Gossypium arboreum).Through SAMT,we successfully introduced two foreign genes,GFP and RUBY,into SAM cells of some recalcitrant cotton genotypes.Within 2–3 months,transgenic adventitious shoots generated from the axillary meristem zone could be recovered and grown into whole cotton plants.The GFP fluorescent signal and betalain accumulation could be observed in various tissues in GFP-and RUBY-positive plants,as well as in their progenies,indicating that the transgenes were stably integrated into the genome and transmitted to the next generation.Furthermore,using SAMT,we successfully generated edited cotton plants with inheritable targeted mutagenesis in the GhPGF and GhRCD1 genes through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing.In summary,the established SAMT transformation system here in this study bypasses the embryogenesis process during tissue culture in a conventional transformation procedure and significantly accelerates the generation of transgenic and gene-edited plants for genetic improvement of recalcitrant cotton varieties.展开更多
基金supported by the STI 2030-Major Projects(2023ZD04074)the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement Self-Research Program(ZW22A0302)。
文摘Dear Editor,Agrobacterium-mediated transformation technology is of vital importance for functional genomics studies and precision breeding in crops due to low cost and clear genetic manifestation.A morphogenic gene pair,BABY BOOM and WUSCHEL(BBM-WUS).
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31621005,31701476,32171996)the Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory(Grant Nos.B21HJ0207 and B21HJ0215)+1 种基金the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciencesthe China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(Grant No.CARS-15-02)。
文摘Cotton(Gossypium spp.)is one of the most important fiber crops worldwide.In the last two decades,transgenesis and genome editing have played important roles in cotton improvement.However,genotype dependence is one of the key bottlenecks in generating transgenic and gene-edited cotton plants through either particle bombardment or Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.Here,we developed a shoot apical meristem(SAM)cell-mediated transformation system(SAMT)that allowed the transformation of recalcitrant cotton genotypes including widely grown upland cotton(Gossypium hirsutum),Sea island cotton(Gossypium barbadense),and Asiatic cotton(Gossypium arboreum).Through SAMT,we successfully introduced two foreign genes,GFP and RUBY,into SAM cells of some recalcitrant cotton genotypes.Within 2–3 months,transgenic adventitious shoots generated from the axillary meristem zone could be recovered and grown into whole cotton plants.The GFP fluorescent signal and betalain accumulation could be observed in various tissues in GFP-and RUBY-positive plants,as well as in their progenies,indicating that the transgenes were stably integrated into the genome and transmitted to the next generation.Furthermore,using SAMT,we successfully generated edited cotton plants with inheritable targeted mutagenesis in the GhPGF and GhRCD1 genes through CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing.In summary,the established SAMT transformation system here in this study bypasses the embryogenesis process during tissue culture in a conventional transformation procedure and significantly accelerates the generation of transgenic and gene-edited plants for genetic improvement of recalcitrant cotton varieties.
