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Desarrollan plantas de garbanzo transgénicas resistentes a insectos


September 2011

Científicos indios lograron desarrollar plantas de garbanzo transgénicas resistentes a insectos, y demostraron que la acción conjunta de dos proteínas Cry controla mejor a las plagas que la acción de una sola.

El garbanzo (Cicer arietinum L.) es la segunda legumbre que más se cultiva en el mundo, atrás de la soja. Es además una fuente imcportante de proteínas, tanto para las personas como para los animales. A pesar de su enorme demanda, los rendimientos del cultivo a nivel global se han estancado en los últimos veinte años debido a varios estreses bióticos y abióticos que lo afectan.

Con el objetivo de contribuir al mejoramiento del garbanzo, Meenakshi Mehrotr, del Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Botánica de India, junto con otros investigadores, obtuvieron plantas de garbanzos transgénicas a través de la transformación con Agrobacterium. Estas plantas contienen los genes cry1Ab y cry1Ac. En los ensayos de eficacia, comprobaron que se logra una mejor protección contra la larva Helicoverpa armigera cuando ambos genes están en la misma planta que cuando la planta fabrica una sola de las proteínas insecticidas.

Según el trabajo, publicado en la revista Euphytica, los resultados muestran la importancia de acumular o apilar dos proteínas Cry para una protección eficaz contra los leptidópteros que atacan al cultivo de garbanzo.

Pyramiding of modified cry1Ab and cry1Ac genes of Bacillus thuringiensis in transgenic chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) for improved resistance to pod borer insect Helicoverpa armigera
Meenakshi Mehrotra, Aditya K. Singh, Indraneel Sanyal, Illimar Altosaar and D. V. Amla

Abstract

The modified cry1Ab and cry1Ac insecticidal genes of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) under the control of two different constitutive promoters have been introduced into chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of pre-conditioned cotyledonary nodes. 118 stable transformed T0 plants as independent transformation events were obtained expressing individual cry1Ab, cry1Ac or both pyramided genes for their co-expression driven by either cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter with duplicated enhancer (CaMV35S) or synthetic constitutive promoter (Pcec) and their combinations. Integration and inheritance of transgenes in T0 and T1 population of transgenic chickpea plants were determined by PCR, RT-PCR and Southern hybridization. Results of Southern hybridization showed single copy integration of cry1Ab or cry1Ac genes in most of the transgenic plants developed with either single or pyramided genes and reflected Mendelian inheritance of transgenes in T1 progeny. Real time PCR of pyramided transgenic plants clearly showed differential expression of transcripts for both the genes driven by CaMV35S and Pcec promoters. Quantitative assessment of Bt Cry toxins by ELISA of T0 transgenic chickpea plants showed expression of toxin ranging from 5 to 40 ng mg−1 of total soluble protein (TSP) in leaves of transgenic plants. Insect bioassay performed with transgenic plants showed relatively higher toxicity for plants expressing Cry1Ac protein as compared to Cry1Ab to Helicoverpa armigera. Pyramided transgenic plants with moderate expression levels (15–20 ng mg−1 of TSP) showed high-level of resistance and protection against pod borer larvae of H. armigera as compared to high level expression of a single toxin. These results have shown the significance of pyramiding and co-expression of two Cry toxins for efficient protection against lepidopteran pests of chickpea.
 

Fuente: ISAAA

 



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