Seashore Paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum Swartz) is a warm season grass and indigenous to tropical and subtropical regions of coastal areas worldwide. The species is used as feed for cattle and horses and has been very successful for golf courses worldwide. One of the most outstanding characteristics of seashore paspalum is its tolerance to saline soils compared to other warm season turfgrasses. The development of new seashore paspalum cultivars with improved traits could be facilitated through the application of biotechnological strategies. The purpose of this study was to product for herbicide resistant seashore paspalum using Arobacterium-mediated transformation and this study is the first report on transformation and herbicideresistant transgenic plants in seashore paspalum. Embryogenic calli were induced from the seeded variety of pseashore paspalum. Embryogenic calli were transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain EHA105 carrying the binary vector pCAMBIA3301 with two genes encoding gusA and bar. Transformed calli and plants were selected on medium containing 3 mg/l PPT. PCR detected the presence of the gusA and bar gene, indicating both genes are integrated into the genome of seashore paspalum. A chlorophenol red assay was used to confirm that the bar gene was expressed. By application of herbicide BASTA, the herbicide resistance in the transgenic seashore paspalum plants was confirmed.

본 연구는 개량 포플러 현사시 3호를 재료로 제초제 저항성 유전자 PAT으로 형질전환시 킨 다음 제초제 Basta처리에 의한 효율적인 형질전환체 선발을 목적으로 시험되었다. Basta 처리에 따른 캘러스유도, 부정아유도 및 액아유도 시험을 통해 조직치사 농도는 1.0mg/L로 결정할 수 있었으며, 이 농도처리에 의해 형질전환체의 조기선발에 사용하였다. 이 농도처리로 비형질전환체는 모두 고사되었지만, 형질전환체는 정상적으로 반응을 보이며, 생육이 가능하였다 .한편, 형질전환체에 제초제를 직접 살포한 결과, 정상적 생육이 가능했고, PAT activity측정 결과에서도 양성 반응을 나타내어 현사시 3호 세포내에 PAT유전자가 정상 발현됨이 확인되었다. 이로써 현사시에 PAT유전자 도입 및 발현을 위하여 제초제 Basta 처 리와 PAT assay가 매우 효과적인 것으로 나타났다.

This experiment was conducted to introduce phosphinothricin acetyl -transferase(PAT) gene, resistant to basta and non-selective herbidide, into tobacco(Nicotiana tabacum cv.BY4). For shoot formation,tobacco leaf disks were placed on the MS medium supplemented with 2.0mg/L BA and 0.1mg/L NAA. In this medium condition, tobacco leaf disces were cocultivated with A. tumefaciens MP90 containing NPT IIand PAT resistant to kanamycin and Basta, respectively. Shoots were obtained in the medium containing antibiotics, and those were transferred to rooting medium supplemented with 0.1mg/L NAA and antibiotics. The plants obtaining roots were transplanted into soil. Phenotype of transgenic tobacco plant was mostly as normal plant. However, about 5% was abnormal plant, which did not set seeds. PCR analysis and southern blot were performed to determine transformation. As the results, it was confirmed that PAT gene was stably integrated into tobacco genome.When herbicide, basta, was sprayed to the plants confirmed by PCR, the transgenic plants showed normal growth, whereas normal plants died. Therefore, the result of this experiment show that tobacco transformation for the resistance to basta, non-selective herbicide, was successful because PAT gene was stably integrated into tobacco.