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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (3): 292-297.

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Production and RAPD verification of T0 salt-tolerant alfalfa introducing the total DNA from Rhizophora apiculata by the pollen-tube pathway

ZHANG Li-quan, NIU Yi-ding, HAO Jin-feng, HASI Agula   

  1. College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Herbage & Endemic Crop Biotechnology, Hohhot 010021, China
  • Received:2010-05-10 Online:2011-03-25 Published:2011-06-20

Abstract: The exogenous total DNA of Rhizophora apiculata was introduced into alfalfa (Medicago sativa) by the pollen-tube pathway. In this study, 1 391 flowers were treated and 894 transformed T0 seeds were harvested. Twelve T0 seedlings with improved salt-tolerance were obtained when the T0 seeds were planted in MS medium containing 225 mmol/L NaCl. RAPD analysis of T0 seedlings, receptor and donor were carried out. Eight primers which could amplify steady and clear bands were chosen from 55 arbitrary primers tested, and increased band diversity with new bands, specific bands in donor and deletion in receptor. It showed that the exogenous DNA was conformed for integration into the receptors genome, and the improved salt-resistance of T0 seedlings may be related to the introduction of exogenous genes.

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