

Agro-transformation of cereals Agro-transformation of pea Protoplast fusion and plant somatic hybrids

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Research

Our research is focused on:

1. Genetic transformation of cereal (wheat, triticale and oat) and pea cultivars via Agrobacterium tumefaciens and analysis of factors responsible for expression and silencing of transgenes/native genes.

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of pea(Pisum sativum L.) (Fig. 1).
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cereals: wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), triticale (Triticale), oat (Avena sativa L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (Fig. 2).

2. Exploitation of cell engineering methods to create new recombinants and new plant material for breeders.

Fusion of protoplasts from diploid potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) lines and regeneration of tetraploid somatic hybrids (Fig. 3).