Electrofusion of protoplasts from Solanum tuberosum, S. nigrum and S. bulbocastanum

Leaf protoplasts of two wild species, Solanum nigrum var. gigantea (S. ngr gig) and S. bulbocastanum Dun. (S. blb), were electrofused with leaf protoplasts of two diploid potato clones, H-8105 and ZEL-1136, respectively, in order to confer the late blight-resistance from the wild species to the cult...

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Published in:Acta physiologiae plantarum 2001-01, Vol.23 (2), p.169-179
Main Authors: Szczerbakowa, Anna, Maciejewska, Urszula, Pawłowski, Piotr, Skierski, Janusz S., Wielgat, Bernard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cytology
Diploids
Disease resistance
Electrofusion
Genomes
Genotype & phenotype
Hybrids
Late blight
Leaves
Mesophyll
Phenotypes
Potatoes
Protoplasts
Random amplified polymorphic DNA
Shoots
Solanum bulbocastanum
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Summary:Leaf protoplasts of two wild species, Solanum nigrum var. gigantea (S. ngr gig) and S. bulbocastanum Dun. (S. blb), were electrofused with leaf protoplasts of two diploid potato clones, H-8105 and ZEL-1136, respectively, in order to confer the late blight-resistance from the wild species to the cultivated potato. The S. ngr gig mesophyll (+) H-8105 mesophyll combination resulted in regenerants of mostly normal ngr phenotype. Two regenerants from this combination were proved to be true hybrids by RAPD analysis but they rooted poorely in vitro and did not survive the transfer to soil. The S. ngr gig (+) H-8105 fusion combination was also performed with H-8105 cell suspension derived protoplasts enabling an easy identification of interspecific fusants on basis of their intermediate morphology. From the S. ngr gig mesophyll (+) H-8105 cultured cell combination, many abnormal shoots were regenerated. The two lines which survived had normal ngr phenotype but the presence of tuberosum (tbr) genome in those regenerants was not confirmed by RAPD analysis. No plants with tbr phenotype were obtained from both of S. ngr gig (+) H-8105 combinations. On the contrary, when S. blb mesophyll protoplasts were electrofused with ZEL-1136 mesophyll protoplasts, all regenerated plants had tbr phenotype, indicating much lower morphogenetic potential of S. bulbocastanum in comparison with that of S. nigrum var. gigantea. However, the hybridity of those regenerants has not been confirmed by RAPD analysis with two different primers. The efficiency of the applied fusion procedure and analysis of the regenerants is discussed.
ISSN:0137-5881
1861-1664
DOI:10.1007/s11738-001-0005-1