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Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 54, No. 384, pp. 1101-1111, March 1, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

Greenhouse and field testing of transgenic wheat plants stably expressing genes for thaumatin-like protein, chitinase and glucanase against Fusarium graminearum

Received 2 September 2002; Accepted 2 December 2002

Ajith Anand1, Tian Zhou1, Harold N. Trick2, Bikram S. Gill2, William W. Bockus2 and Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan3,1

1 Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, 104 Willard Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
2 Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA

3 To whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax: +1 785 532 7278. E-mail: smk{at}ksu.edu

Genes encoding pathogenesis-related (PR-) proteins isolated from a cDNA library of Fusarium graminearum-infected wheat spikes of scab-resistant cultivar ‘Sumai-3’ were transformed into susceptible spring wheat, ‘Bobwhite’ using a biolistic transformation protocol, with the goal of enhancing levels of resistance against scab. Twenty-four putative transgenic lines expressing either a single PR-protein gene or combinations thereof were regenerated. Transgene expression in a majority of these lines (20) was completely silenced in the T1 or T2 generations. Four transgenic wheat lines showed stable inheritance and expression of either a single transgene or transgene combinations up to four generations. One line co-expressing a chitinase and ß-1,3-glucanase gene combination, when bioassayed against scab showed a delay in the spread of the infection (type II resistance) under greenhouse conditions. This line and a second transgenic line expressing a rice thaumatin-like protein gene (tlp) which had moderate resistance to scab in previous greenhouse trials, along with susceptible and resistance checks were evaluated for resistance to scab under field conditions. None of the transgenic lines had resistance to scab in the field under conditions of strong pathogen, suggesting these plants lacked effective resistance to initial infection (type I resistance) under these conditions. As far as is known, this is the first report of field evaluation of transgenic wheat expressing genes for PR-proteins against disease resistance.

Key words: Chitinase, field evaluation, genetic transformation, ß-1,3-glucanase, transgene silencing, wheat scab.


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