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INCREASED RESISTANCE TO ERWINIA AMYLOVORA EXHIBITED BY TRANSGENIC ‘ROYAL GALA’ APPLE (MALUS x DOMESTICA BORKH.) SHOOTS, CARRYING A MODIFIED CECROPIN MB39 GENE

Article number
560_11
Pages
95 – 99
Language
English
Abstract
Transgenic ‘Royal Gala’ apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) shoots were obtained by Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer using a vector with T-DNA encoding a modified cecropin gene MB39 joined to a secretory coding sequence from barley α-amylase, and placed under the control of a wound-inducible tobacco osmotin promoter.
The integration of the cecropin MB39 gene into apple was confirmed by Southern blot analysis.
Three of the seven transgenics exhibited 2.5- to 3.3-fold more resistant to Erwinia amylovora than the non-transformed ‘Royal Gala’ control, demonstrating the potential of introducing the cecropin gene to increased levels of disease resistance.

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Authors
Q. Liu, J. Ingersoll, L. Owens, S. Salih, R. Meng, F. Hammerschlag
Keywords
Agrobacterium tumefaciens, fire blight, gene transfer
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