Caracterização anatômica da organogênese in vitro e transformação genética via Agrobacterium tumefaciens em Citrus sp. / Anatomical analysis of in vitro organogenesis and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation in Citrus sp.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002

RESUMO

Genetic transformation has been more frequently associated with conventional genetic breeding programs of different species. It allows for the introduction of exogenous gene(s) into the plant genome, with the possibility of altering specific characteristics. Thus, it can be an important tool for Citrus conventional breeding programs, which present several limitations imposed by the characteristics of the reproductive biology of this genus. For the success of the transformation system, however, the previous establishment of an efficient in vitro regeneration system is required. The objective of this research was to define in vitro culture conditions for the organogenesis and genetic transformation of Hamlin, Pera, Valencia and Natal sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) and Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia L. Osbeck) with the anatomical characterization of the process. Initially, the optimization of the in vitro organogenesis process and plant recovery was attempted using epicotyl segments as explants. For organogenesis induction, the explants were placed in MT culture medium supplemented with BAP (0.0; 0.5; 1.0; 1.5; 2.0; 2.5; 3.0; 3.5; 4.0 or 4.5 mg.L -1 ). The percent of responsive explants and the number of adventitious shoots per explant (>1.0 cm) were evaluated. The shoots were transferred to rooting media, consisting of MT medium supplemented with NAA or IBA, or absence of auxin. The best BAP concentration for organogenesis induction was 1.0 mg.L -1 for the sweet oranges and between 0.5 and 2.5 mg.L -1 for Rangpur lime. The best rooting medium was MT with 1.0 mg.L -1 IBA for all the cultivars. Anatomical analysis was done to describe the optimized culture conditions. Adventitious buds originated endogenously from meristematic regions of the vascular cambium, characterizing a direct organogenesis. Studies were also done to analyze the genetic transformation of the sweet orange cultivars Natal and Valencia and Rangpur lime via Agrobacterium. Several experiments were installed to define the period of Agrobacterium inoculation and co-cultivation, the presence or absence of acetoseryngone, the temperature of incubation and the explant condition (with or without a longitudinal cut). Transgenic plants were obtained using an inoculation period of 20 minutes and co-cultivation for 3 days at 23-27 °C in absence of acetoseryngone in the culture medium. Finally, a study of organogenesis induction, histological characterization and genetic transformation from internodal segments of mature plants of sweet orange cultivars Hamlin, Pera, Valencia and Natal was conducted. Organogenesis was induced in DBA3 modified medium supplemented with 1.0 mg.L -1 BAP and 0.5 mg.L -1 NAA. Histological analysis showed that the adventitious buds formed indirectly from the callus formed by successive cell divisions from the vascular cambium. Transgenic plants from mature tissue of Hamlin and Valencia sweet oranges were obtained using one day of co-cultivation at 24°C with or without the longitudinal sectioning of the explant for Hamlin and only when the explant was longitudinally sectioned for Valencia.

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morfogênese vegetal cultivo "in vitro" bactéria fitopatogênica histology citricultura genetic transformation organogenesis transformação genética citrus

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