Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Methods Mol Biol. 2015:1224:85-96. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1658-0_8.

Abstract

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is the most common method for the incorporation of foreign genes into the genome of potato as well as many other species in the Solanaceae family. This chapter describes protocols for the genetic transformation of three species of potato: Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum (Desiréé), S. tuberosum subsp. andigenum (Blue potato), and S. tuberosum subsp. andigena using internodal segments as explants.

MeSH terms

  • Acclimatization
  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens / genetics
  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens / growth & development
  • Coculture Techniques
  • DNA, Plant / genetics
  • Environment, Controlled
  • Genetic Engineering / methods*
  • Glucuronidase / genetics
  • Plants, Genetically Modified
  • Solanum tuberosum / genetics*
  • Solanum tuberosum / growth & development*
  • Solanum tuberosum / physiology
  • Transformation, Genetic

Substances

  • DNA, Plant
  • Glucuronidase