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| Title |
Developing transgenic wheat to encounter rusts and powdery mildew by overexpressing barley chi26 gene for fungal resistance
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| Published in |
Plant Methods, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13007-017-0191-5 |
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| Authors |
Hala F. Eissa, Sameh E. Hassanien, Ahmed M. Ramadan, Moustafa M. El-Shamy, Osama M. Saleh, Ahmed M. Shokry, Mohamed Abdelsattar, Yasser B. Morsy, Maher A. El-Maghraby, Hussien F. Alameldin, Sabah M. Hassan, Gamal H. Osman, Hesham T. Mahfouz, Gharib A. Gad El-Karim, Magdy A. Madkour, Ahmed Bahieldin |
| Abstract |
The main aim of this study was to improve fungal resistance in bread wheat via transgenesis. Transgenic wheat plants harboring barley chitinase (chi26) gene, driven by maize ubi promoter, were obtained using biolistic bombardment, whereas the herbicide resistance gene, bar, driven by the CaMV 35S promoter was used as a selectable marker. Molecular analysis confirmed the integration, copy number, and the level of expression of the chi26 gene in four independent transgenic events. Chitinase enzyme activity was detected using a standard enzymatic assay. The expression levels of chi26 gene in the different transgenic lines, compared to their respective controls, were determined using qRT-PCR. The transgene was silenced in some transgenic families across generations. Gene silencing in the present study seemed to be random and irreversible. The homozygous transgenic plants of T4, T5, T6, T8, and T9 generations were tested in the field for five growing seasons to evaluate their resistance against rusts and powdery mildew. The results indicated high chitinase activity at T0 and high transgene expression levels in few transgenic families. This resulted in high resistance against wheat rusts and powdery mildew under field conditions. It was indicated by proximate and chemical analyses that one of the transgenic families and the non-transgenic line were substantially equivalent. Transgenic wheat with barley chi26 was found to be resistant even after five generations under artificial fungal infection conditions. One transgenic line was proved to be substantially equivalent as compared to the non-transgenic control. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 14% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 40 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Professor | 5 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 18% |
| Unknown | 14 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 38% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 8% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 14 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 April 2019.
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