Abstract:
Embryogenic calli induced from zoysiagrass(
Zoysia japonica Steud.) seeds were bombarded with gold particles coated with double-gene vector plasmid containing
DREB1
A and
gus gene.Physical bombardment parameters were evaluated by transient expression of
gus gene,and the best result was obtained by a target distance of 6 cm and twice bombardments under the pressure of(1 100) psi, while the concentration of gold particle and plasmid had no significant effect on the transformation efficiency.Stable
gus expression was observed in hygromycin-resistant calli,while regenerants survived hygromycin selection and showed
gus-activity.PCR-Southern blot analysis further indicated that the foreign gene
DREB1
A had been integrated into the genome of recovered zoysiagrass plants.