Study on the Obtaining of Transgenic Wheat with GNA Alien Gene by Biolistic Particle

The immature embryos of wheat plants, cv. Jing 411, 12 - 14 days after pollination, were cultured on SD2 medium for callus induction. After 10 days culture, 800 wheat calli were bombarded by biolistic particle coated with theDNA of plasmid pBI121-2 harboring both Galanthus nivalis agglutinin gene and bar gene. 67 green plants were finally regenerated from the bombardment calli on selection medium containing 4mg/L Basta. The results of bioassay by both inoculating wheat aphids onto the plants and applying Basta solution of 50 mg/L and 75 mg/L onto the wheat leaves in the field, and the molecular analysis, such as PCR and Southern blotting, indicated that 8 T2 plants contaning the target genes were obtained.