THE APPLICATION OF CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY TO THE MODIFICATION OF LINSEED (LINUM-USITATISSIMUM L)

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作者
ROWLAND, GG [1 ]
MCHUGHEN, A [1 ]
BHATTY, RS [1 ]
MACKENZIE, SL [1 ]
TAYLOR, DC [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL RES COUNCIL CANADA,INST PLANT BIOTECHNOL,SASKATOON,SK S7N 0W9,CANADA
关键词
LINUM USITATISSIMUM; LINSEED; MUTATION BREEDING; SOMACLONAL VARIATION; FATTY ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;
D O I
10.1007/BF00023961
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
In the early 1980s the phenomenon of somaclonal variation induced by cell culture was exploited to produce genetic variation in linseed. The linseed variety Andro, derived from the widely grown Canadian variety McGregor, was selected in saline culture and was released for production in Canada. 'Andro' possesses traits very different from its parent, such as increased seedling vigour and tolerance to heat stress. Additional stable somaclonal variation in characters such as yield, days to maturity, seed weight and oil content were subsequently induced in 'McGregor'. However, despite extensive screening of the somaclonal variants, no significant variation in the fatty acid profile was found. Chemical mutagenesis using ethyl methanesulphonate was, however, successful in modifying the fatty acid profile of McGregor. Initial screening of M(2) seed by the thiobarbituric acid colourimetric procedure was followed by gas chromatography to select half-seeds with atypical fatty acid profiles. Two independent, partially dominant genes were identified that were responsible for reducing the linolenic acid (18 : 3) from 50% to 2% while increasing linoleic acid (18 : 2) to 70%. A single, partially dominant gene, inherited independently of the linolenic acid genes, increased palmitic acid (16 : 0) from 7% to 30% and palmitoleic acid (16 : 1) from trace amounts to 4%. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of linseed has also been successful. Herbicide tolerance genes for glyphosate, sulfonylurea and phosphinothricin have been incorporated into Canadian varieties. Commercially useful levels of tolerance to sulfonylurea herbicides have been achieved with no adverse agronomic affect. It is expected that a transgenic variety containing this resistance will be registered for commercial production in Canada in 1994. Standard breeding techniques, the application of antisense technology and the overexpression of fatty acid synthesis genes are being used to further modify the fatty acid profile of linseed, as well as for the transfer of abiotic stress-related genes identified in bromegrass.
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