Rapid transformation and plant regeneration of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) mediated by altruistic Baby boom and Wuschel2

The standard stalwart Agrobacterium -mediated transformation protocols for sorghum use differentiating embryogenic callus induced from immature embryos in the genotype BTx430. While reliable, the standard protocols are lengthy, and both time and resource expensive. We have investigated the use of al...

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Published in:In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Plant 2022-06, Vol.58 (3), p.331-342
Main Authors: Nelson-Vasilchik, Kimberly, Hague, Joel P., Tilelli, Michael, Kausch, Albert P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Altruism
Barley
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Callus
Cell Biology
Cereals
Corn
CRISPR
Crops
Cultivars
Developmental Biology
Editing
Efficiency
Embryos
Genes
Genetic transformation
Genome editing
Genomes
Genomics
Genotype & phenotype
Genotypes
Germplasm
Life Sciences
Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Sciences
Plant Tissue Culture
Regeneration
Rice
Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor
Transformations
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Summary:The standard stalwart Agrobacterium -mediated transformation protocols for sorghum use differentiating embryogenic callus induced from immature embryos in the genotype BTx430. While reliable, the standard protocols are lengthy, and both time and resource expensive. We have investigated the use of altruistic morphogenic regulator mediated transformation (MRMT) to improve sorghum transformation for use in genome editing. Here, we show a method for rapid transformation and plant regeneration of sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L. cultivar BTx430) mediated by altruistic Baby boom and Wuschel2 . Confirming and extending previous recent work using altruistic MRMT, we show that the altruistic MRMT rapid protocol results in a higher transformation frequency expressed as a function of the number of independent events per immature embryos infected and requires less time in a transformation pipeline which translates to an increased number of constructs one full-time equivalent (FTE) can manage per yr. This approach is compatible with genome editing requirements and should help address the transformation bottleneck for functional genomics and genome editing studies in sorghum.
ISSN:1054-5476
1475-2689
DOI:10.1007/s11627-021-10243-8