Potato transformation by T-DNA cytokinin gene

Ondřej M., Macháčková I., Čatský J., Eder J., Hrouda M., Pospíšilová J., Synková H.
BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 32: 401-406, 1990

Keywords: transgenic plants, cytokinins, photosynthetic rate, chlotrophyll content, Solanum tuberosum
Abstract: Abstract. Potato plants were transformed by the A. tumeEaciens vector which integrates into the plant genome two foreign genes only: pTi C58 T-DNA gene 4 Opt) responsible for elevated synthesis of cytokinins and kanamycin resistance gene. Three teratoma clones studied showed approximately 3 times, 6 times and 9 times increased levels of zeatin riboside and zeatin in comparison with untraasformed controls and slight increase of the IAA level. Shoots formed roots in agar cultures sporadically, if the increase of zeatin riboside and zeatin levels was not higher than 6 times the control level. The chlorophyll content and net photosynthetic rate decreased with increasing levels of zeatin and zeatin riboside.
DOI: 10.1007/BF02890884
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IEB authors: Helena Synková