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A gene transfer system developed for walnut (Juglans regia L.) was successfully applied to pecan (Carya illinoensis [Wang] K. Koch). Repetitively embryogenic somatic embryos derived from open-pollinated seed of ‘Elliott’, ‘Wichita’, and ‘Schley’ were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium strain EHA 101/pCGN 7001, which contains marker genes for beta-glucuronidase activity and resistance to kanamycin. Several modifications of the standard walnut transformation techniques were tested, including a lower concentration of kanamycin and a modified induction medium, but these treatments had no measurable effect on efficiency of transformation. Nineteen of the 764 viable inoculated embryos produced transgenic subclones; 13 of these were from the line ‘Elliott’6, 3 from ‘Schley’5/3, and 3 from ‘Wichita’9. Transgenic embryos of ‘Wichita’9 germinated most readily and three subclones were successfully micropropagated. Three transgenic plants of one of these subclones were obtained by grafting the tissue cultured shoots to seedling pecan rootstock in the greenhouse. Gene insertion, initially detected by GUS activity, was confirmed by detection of integrated T-DNA sequences using Southern analysis.
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McGranahan, G.H., Leslie, C.A., Dandekar, A.M. et al. Transformation of pecan and regeneration of transgenic plants. Plant Cell Reports 12, 634–638 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232814
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