Progress towards the Genetic Transformation of Four Tropical Acacia Species: Acacia Mangium, Acacia Crassicarpa, Acacia Mearnsii and Acacia Albida

Author

M. Quoirin

, A. Galiana

, D. K. S. Goh

, A. Limanton

, V. Gratio

, J. Ahée

, M. Rio

, D. Oliveira

, E. Duhoux

 and 1 more

Abstract 

The genus Acacia includes about 1100 species, which are mostly shrubs and small trees of the dry savannas and arid regions of Australia, Africa, India and the Americas. Of these, A. mangium, A.crassicarpa, A. mearnsii and A. albida belong to the Leguminosae family the third largest familyof the plant kingdom (Allen & Allen, 1981). A few, such as A. mearnsii, are suited to cool areas both in temperature regions and in tropical highlands whereas a third small group which includes A. mangium and A. crassicarpa, is adaptedto hot and humid conditions.

References 

1. Ahée, J. E. Duhoux, 1994. Root culturing of Faidherbia=Acacia albida as a source of explants for shoot regeneration. Plant Cell, Tiss Org Cult 36: 219–225.
2. Allen, O.N. E.K. Allen, 1981. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses and nodulation. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison.
3. Baucher, M., B. Monties, M. Van Montagu W. Boerjan, 1998. Biosynthesis and genetic engineering of lignin. Crit Rev Plant Sci 17: 125–197.CrossRef
4. Benfey, P. N. N-H. Chua, 1990. The cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter: combinational regulation of transcription in plants. Science 250: 959–966.PubMedCrossRef
5. Benfey, P.N., L. Ren N-H. Chua, 1989. The CaMV 35S enhancer contains at least two domains which can confer different developmental and tissue-specific expression patterns. EMBO J 8: 2195–2202.
6. Benfey, P.N., L. Ren N-H. Chua, 1990. Combinational and synergistic properties of CaMV 35S enhancer subdomains. EMBO J 9: 1685–1696.
7. Bevan, M., 1984. Binary vectors for transformation. Nucl Acids Res 12: 8711–8721.PubMedCrossRef
8. Birch, R.G., 1997. Plant transformation: problems and strategies for practical application. Annu Rev Plant Mol Biol 48: 297–326.CrossRef
9. Brasileiro, A-C. M., J-C. Leplé, J. Muzzin, D. Ounnoughi, M-F. Michel L. Jouanin, 1991. An alternative approach for gene transfer in trees using wild-type Agrobacterium strains. Plant Mol Biol 17: 441–452.PubMedCrossRef
10. Bray, L., V. Lecouturier M. Nicola di Michele,1994. Etude de la sensibilité d’Acacia flava et d’Acacia nilotica iì Agrobacterium tumefaciens p. 459–472. In: J. Dubois Y. Demarly (Eds) Quel avenir pour l’amélioration des plantes? John Libbey Eurotext, Paris.
11. Brewbaker, J.L., 1989. Nitrogen fixing trees. p. 253–262. In: D. Werner P. Müller (Eds), Fast growing trees and nitrogen fixing trees, Gustav Fisher Verlag, Marburg, Germany.
12. Casse, F., C. Boucher, J.S. Julliot, M. Michel J. Dénarié, 1979. Identification and characterization of large plasmids in Rhizobium meliloti using agarose gel electrophoresis. J Gen Microbiol 113: 229–242.
13. Chevalier, M.H., M. Sogna, A.S. San P. Danthu, 1992. Morphological variability of pods of four Faidherbia albidaprovenances in Senegal. p. 67–71. In: R.J. Vandenbeldt (Ed). Faidherbia albida in the West African Semi-arid Tropics. Proceedings of a workshop, 22–26 Apr. 1991, Niamey, Niger, p. ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) ICRAF (International Center for Research in Agroforestty) Nairobi, Kenya.
14. Christou, P., 1993. Philosophy and practice of variety-independent gene transfer into recalcitrant crops. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 29P: 119–124.
15. Christou, P., 1996. Legumes. p. 47–62. In: P. Christou (Ed). Particle bombardment for genetic engineering of plants. Biotechnology intelligence unit. R.G. Landes Company, Academic Press, Inc.
16. Das, P.K., V. Chakravarti S. Maity, 1993. Plantlet formation in tissue culture from cotyledon of Acacia auriculiformisA. Cunn. ex Benth. Indian Journal of Forestry 16: 182–192.
17. De Cleene, M. J. De Ley, 1976. The host range of crown gall. The Botanical Review 42: 389–465.CrossRef
18. De Greve, M., H. Decraemer, J. Seurinck, M. Van Montagu J. Schell, 1980. The functional organization of the octopine Agrobacterium tumefaciens plasmid pTiB6. Plasmid 6: 235–248.CrossRef
19. Duhoux, E. Y.R. Dommergues, 1985. The use of nitrogen-fixing trees in forest and soil restoration in the tropics. p. 384–400. In: H. Ssali S.O. Keya (Eds). Biological nitrogen fixation in Africa. Proceedings of the first Conference of the African Association for Biological Nitrogen Fixation, MIRCEN, Nairobi, Kenya.
20. Duhoux, E., A. Galiana, J. Ahée C. Franche, 1998. Applications des cultures in vitro dans le genre Acacia. p. 237–255. In: C.C. Campa, M. Grignon, M. Gueye S. Hamon (Eds), L’Acacia au Sénégal, Editions de l’ORSTOM, Colloques et Séminaires, Paris.
21. Franche, C., D. Bogusz, C. Schopke, C. Fauquet, C. R.N. Beachy, 1991 Transient gene expression in cassava using high velocity microprojectiles. Plant Mol Biol 17: 493–498.PubMedCrossRef
22. Galiana, A., A. Tibok E. Duhoux, 1991.In vitro propagation of the nitrogen-fixing tree-legume Acacia mangium Wild. Plant Soil 135: 151–159.
23. Guyon, P., M-D Chilton, A. Petit J. Tempé, 1980. Agropine in ‘null-type’ crown gall tumors: evidence for generality of the opine concept. Proc Nati Acad Sci USA 77: 2693–2697.CrossRef
24. Hansen, G., A. Das M-D. Chilton, 1994. Constitutive expression of the virulence genes improves the efficiency of plant transformation by Agrobacterium. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91: 7603–7607.PubMedCrossRef
25. Hiei, Y., S. Ohta, T. Komari T. Kumashiro, 1994. Efficient transformation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) mediated by Agrobacterium and sequence analysis of the boundaries of the T-DNA. Plant J 6: 271–282.PubMedCrossRef
26. Hoekema, A., P.R. Hirsch, P.J.J. Hooykaas R.A. Schilperoort, 1983. A binary plant vector strategy based on separation of vir-and T-region of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid. Nature 303: 179–180.CrossRef
27. Hood, E.E., G.L. Helmer, R.T. Fraley M.D. Chilton, 1986. Hypervirulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation A281 is encoded in a region of pTiBo 542 outside of T-DNA. J Bacteriol 168: 1291–1301.
28. Hooykaas, P.J.J. A.G.M. Beijersbergen, 1994. The virulence system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Annu Rev Phytopathol 32: 157–179.CrossRef
29. Hunold, R., R. Bronner G. Hahne, 1994. Early events in microprojectile bombardment: cell viability and particle location. Plant J 5: 593–604.CrossRef
30. Jefferson, R.A., T.A. Kavanagh M.W. Bevan, 1987. GUS fusion: ß-glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants. EMBO J 6: 3901–3907.
31. Jordan, M. C. S.L.A. Hobbs, 1994. The transformation of legumes using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. p. 61–76. In: P.D. Shargool T.T. Ngo (Eds). Biotechnological applications of plant cultures. Current topics on plant molecular biology. CRC Press.
32. Kay, R., A. Chan, M. Daly J. Mc Pherson, 1987. Duplication of CaMV 35S promoter sequences creates strong enhancer for plant genes. Science 236: 1299–1302.PubMedCrossRef
33. Klein, T. M., E.D. Wolf, R. Wu J.C. Sanford, 1987. High velocity microprojectiles for delivering nucleic acids into living cells. Nature 327: 70–73.CrossRef
34. Lazo, G.R., P.A. Stein R.A. Ludwig, 1991. A DNA transformation-competent Arabidopsis genomic library in Agrobacterium. BiolTechnology 9: 963–967.CrossRef
35. Le, Q.V., D. Bogusz, H. Gherbi, A. Lappartient, E. Duhoux C. Franche, 1996. Agrobacterium tumefaciens gene transfer to Casuarina glauca, a tropical nitrogen-fixing tree. Plant Sci 118: 57–69.
36. Murashige, T. F. Skoog, 1962. A revised medium for rapid growth and bioassays with tobacco tissue cultures. Physiol Plant 15: 473–442.CrossRef
37. National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 1980. Firewood crops: shrub and tree species for energy production. p. 72–73. US Natl Acad Press, Washington D.C.
38. National Research Council, 1983. Mangium and other fast growing Acacias for the humid tropics. p. 1–53. National Academic Press, Washington D.C.
39. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Highlights, 1985. Acacia mearnsii: mulitpurpose highland legume tree. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, Waimanalo, Hawaii.
40. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Highlights, 1987a. Acacia mangium: a fast growing tree for the humid tropics. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, Waimanalo, Hawaii.
41. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Highlights, 1987b. Faidherbia albida: the farmers’choice for semi-arid and arid zones. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, Waimanalo, Hawaii.
42. Nitsch, J.P. C. Nitsch, 1965. Néoformation de fleurs in vitro chez une espèce de jours courts: Plumbago indica L. Ann Physiol 7: 251–256.
43. Quoirin, M. D.E. Oliveira, 1997. Transient expression of a reporter gene introduced by bioballistic bombardment into Racosperma mangium tissues. Braz J Genet 20: 507–510.CrossRef
44. Russell, J.A., M.K. Roy J.C. Sanford, 1992. Physical trauma and tungsten toxicity reduce the efficiency of biolistic transformation. Plant Physiol 98: 1050–1056.PubMedCrossRef
45. Sambrook, J., E.F. Fritsch T. Maniatis, 1989. Molecular cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed. Cold Spring Harbo Laboratory Press, Cold Spring harbor, New York.
46. Sanford, J.C., 1990. Biolistic plant transformation. Physiol Plant 79: 206–209.CrossRef
47. Sciaky, D., A.L. Montoya N.W. Chilton, 1978. Fingerprint of Agrobacterium Ti plasmids. Plasmid J 1 238253.
48. Sederoff, R.R., 1995. Forest trees. p. 150–163. In: K. Wang, A. Herrera-Estrella, A. M. Van Montagu (Eds). The transformation of plants and soil microorganisms. Cambridge University Press.
49. Sheen, J., S. Hwang, Y. Niwa, H. Kobayashi D.W. Galbraith, 1995. Green-fluorescent protein as a new vital marker in plant cells. Plant J 8: 777–784.PubMedCrossRef
50. Skolmen, R.G., 1986. Acacia (Acacia koa Gray). p. 375–384. In: Y.P.S. Bajaj (Ed). Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol. 1: Trees I. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
51. Stougaard, J., 1995. Agrobacterium rhizogenes as a vector for transforming higher plants-applications in Lotus corniculatus transformation. p. 49–61. In: H. Jones (Ed). Plant gene transfer and expression protocols. Humana Press Inc.
52. Tinker, P.B., 1984. The role of microorganisms in mediating and facilitating the uptake of plant nutrients from soils. Plant Soil 76: 77–91.CrossRef
53. Vancanneyt, G., R. Schmidt, A. O’Connor-Sanchez, L. Willmitzer M. Rocha-Sosa, 1990. Construction of an intron-containing marker gene: splicing of the intron in transgenic plants and its use in monitoring early events in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation. Mol Gen Genet 220: 245–250.PubMedCrossRef

For further details log on website :

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-006-0220-7