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The bacteria can be applied via vacuum infiltration protocols in appropriate media, or even simply sprayed onto the blooms. Multiple selectable markers are available that confer resistance to ampicillin, bleomycin, chloramphenicol, gentamycin, hygromycin, kanamycin, lincomycin, methotrexate, phosphinothricin, puromycin, basta, and tetracyclin. Lower doses of injected material and longer times after administration of NAi agent can result in inhibition in a smaller fraction of cells e.
Quantitation of gene expression in a cell can show similar amounts of inhibition at the level of accumulation of target mRNA or translation of target protein. As an example, the efficiency of inhibition can be determined by assessing the amount of gene product in the cell; mRNA can be detected with a hybridization probe having a nucleotide sequence outside the region used for the inhibitory double-stranded RNA, or translated polypeptide can be detected with an antibody raised against the polypeptide sequence of that region.
Quantitative PCR techniques can also be used. Methods related to producing lines of sorghum plants wherein at least one sterile pedicular floret is converted to a fertile floret and seed therefrom. A variety of sorghum lines may be crossed, especially those that produce large- seeds. In producing a hybrid, for example, first a sorghum plant is prepared from seed of a plant produced by the methods of the invention, and crossed with a plant of a second sorghum variety to generate Fl plants.
The Fl plants are selfed to generate subsequent generation F2 sorghum plants hybrids , some of which will exhibit the multi-seeded phenotype wherein pedicellate spikelets produce viable seed, which are selected and recovered. These hybrid subsequent generation plants which exhibit a phenotype wherein pedicellate spikelets produce viable seed may be optionally further selfed, with progeny exhibiting the multi-seeded phenotype selected and retained. Bennett et al. Furthermore, the B line plants may be selfed to create progeny and the progeny plants crossed to a sorghum cytoplasmic male Al sterile line to create a cytoplasmic male sterile B line.
A plant is considered "self-pollinating" if pollen from one flower can be transmitted to the same or another flower, whereas plants are considered "cross- pollinated" if the pollen has to come from a flower on a different plant in order for pollination to occur. A cross between two homozygous plants from differing backgrounds or two different homozygous lines produces a uniform population of hybrid plants that is likely to be heterozygous at a number of the gene loci. A cross of two plants that are each heterozygous at a number of gene loci will produce a generation of hybrid plants that are genetically different and are not uniform.
The development of sorghum hybrids requires the development of pollinator parents fertility restorers and seed parent inbreds using the cytoplasmic male sterility-fertility restorer system, the crossing of seed parents and pollinator parents, and the evaluation of the crosses.
Pedigree breeding programs combine desirable traits; in the present application the desirable trait being the multi-seeded phenotype. This trait is introduced into the breeding pool from one or more lines, such that new inbred lines are created by crossing, followed by selection of plants with the desired trait, followed by more crossing, etc. New inbreds are crossed with other inbred lines e. If the original two parents do not provide all of the desired characteristics, then other sources can be included in the breeding population.
In the pedigree method, superior plants are selfed and selected in successive generations.
In the succeeding generations, the heterozygous condition gives way to homogeneous lines as a result of self-pollination and selection. Backcrossing transfers a specific desirable trait from one source to another that lacks the trait. This is accomplished by, for example, crossing a donor to an inbred line. The progeny of this cross is then crossed back i. Typically, following five or more backcross generations with selection for the desired trait the progeny are typically heterozygous for the locus loci controlling the desired phenotype, but will be like the elite parent for the other genetic traits.
The seed-parent lines are typically created to be cytoplasmically male sterile such that the anthers are minimal to non-existant in these plants thereby requiring cross- pollination. The seed-parent lines will only produce seed, and the cytoplasm is transmitted only through the egg.
The pollen for cross pollination is furnished through the pollen-parent lines that contain the genes necessary for complete fertility restoration in the Fl hybrid, and the cross combines with the male sterile seed parent to produce a high-yielding single cross hybrid with good grain quality. This process produces a vigorous single-cross hybrid that is harvested and planted by the consumer. Variants do not encompass the native nucleotide sequence. The polynucleotide sequence in question can be longer or shorter due to modification of the termini, such as, for example, the addition of nucleotides to produce specific types of probes, primers and other molecular tools, etc.
Such non-identical nucleotides are not considered in the calculation of sequence identity when the sequence is modified by "consisting essentially of. Hybridization stringency increases as the propensity to form DNA duplexes decreases.
In nucleic acid hybridization reactions, the stringency can be chosen to either favor specific hybridizations high stringency. Less-specific hybridizations low stringency can be used to identify related, but not exact, DNA molecules homologous, but not identical or segments. A common approach is to vary the temperature: higher relative temperatures result in more stringent reaction conditions.
Ausubel et al. The generation resulting from a mating of a biparental cross i.
One end of the linker is designed to be ligatable to one end of a linear DNA molecule and the other end is designed to be ligatable to the other end of the linear molecule, or both ends may be designed to be ligatable to both ends of the linear DNA molecule. The nucleic acid may or may not be transcribed into NA. Exemplary sequences include ribozymes or antisense RNA. Preferred nucleotide analogs are modified at any position so as to alter certain chemical properties of the nucleotide yet retain the ability of the nucleotide analog to perform its intended function.
Examples of positions of the nucleotide which can be derivitized include the 5 position, e.
Nucleotide analogs also include deaza nucleotides, e. For example, a promoter sequence could be appropriately placed at a position relative to a coding sequence such that the control sequence directs the production of a polypeptide encoded by the coding sequence. Those skilled in the art can determine appropriate parameters for measuring alignment, including any algorithms needed to achieve maximal alignment over the full length of the sequences being compared.
W is the number of nucleotides cored as identical matches by the sequence alignment program's or algorithm's alignment of C and D. Z is the total number of nucleotides in D.
The set of properties may be observed visually or after biological or biochemical testing, and may be constantly present or may only manifest upon challenge with the appropriate stimulus or activation with the appropriate signal. Other exemplary plant parts are a meiocyte or gamete or ovule or pollen or endosperm of any of the preceding plants. Other exemplary plant parts are a seed, seed-piece, embryo, protoplast, cell culture, any group of plant cells organized into a structural and functional unit or propagule.
Thus, polynucleotides include polymers composed of naturally occurring nucleobases, sugars and covalent inter-nucleoside backbone linkages as well as polymers having non- naturally-occurring portions that function similarly. Such modified or substituted nucleic acid polymers are well known in the art and for the purposes of the present invention, are referred to as "analogues.
The term "polypeptide" does not refer to a specific length of the encoded product and, therefore, encompasses peptides, oligopeptides, and proteins.
The term "exogenous polypeptide" is defined as a polypeptide which is not native to the plant cell, a native polypeptide in which modifications have been made to alter the native sequence, or a native polypeptide whose expression is quantitatively altered as a result of a manipulation of the plant cell by recombinant DNA techniques.
Similarly, an "exogenous nucleic acid operably linked to a heterologous regulatory sequence" is a nucleic acid that is operably linked to a regulatory control sequence to which it is not normally linked in its native state. The term includes sequences comprising promoters, enhancers and terminators.
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Similarly, an "exogenous regulatory sequence" is a nucleic acid that is associated with a gene to which it is not normally associated with its native state. Oligonucleotides can be linked with linkages which result in a lower rate of hydrolysis of the RNA analog as compared to an RNA molecule with phosphodiester linkages.
Such alterations or modifications can further include addition of non-nucleotide material, such as to the end s of the RNA or internally at one or more nucleotides of the RNA. Alternatively, RNAi can be initiated by the hand of man, for example, to silence the expression of target genes. This phenotype may be observable under standard conditions, altered conditions such as elevated temperature, or in the presence of certain chemicals used to detect the phenotype.
The use of a screenable marker allows for the use of lower, sub-killing antibiotic concentrations and the use of a visible marker gene to identify clusters of transformed cells, and then manipulation of these cells to homogeneity. Preferred screenable markers of the present include genes that encode fluorescent proteins that are detectable by a visual microscope such as the fluorescent reporter genes DsRed, ZsGreen, ZsYellow, AmCyan, Green Fluorescent Protein GFP and modifications of these reporter genes to excite or emit at altered wavelengths.
An additional preferred screenable marker gene is lac. As used herein, a "selectable marker" is a gene whose presence results in a clear phenotype, and most often a growth advantage for cells that contain the marker. This growth advantage may be present under standard conditions, altered conditions such as elevated temperature, specialized media compositions, or in the presence of certain chemicals such as herbicides or antibiotics. Use of selectable markers is described, for example, in Broach et al.
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Examples of selectable markers include the thymidine kinase gene, the cellular adenine phosphoribosyltransferase gene and the dihydrylfolate reductase gene, hygromycin phosphotransferase genes, the bar gene, neomycin phosphotransferase genes and phosphomannose isomerase, among others. Preferred selectable markers in the present invention include genes whose expression confer antibiotic or herbicide resistance to the host cell, or proteins allowing utilization of a carbon source not normally utilized by plant cells.
Expression of one of these markers should be sufficient to enable the survival of those cells that comprise a vector within the host cell, and facilitate the manipulation of the plasmid into new host cells. Of particular interest in the present invention are proteins conferring cellular resistance to kanamycin, G, paramomycin, hygromycin, bialaphos, and glyphosate for example, or proteins allowing utilization of a carbon source, such as mannose, not normally utilized by plant cells.
An effective siRNA can comprise between about nucleotides or nucleotide analogs, between about nucleotides, between about nucleotides, and even about nucleotides. Polynucleotides specifically hybridize with target nucleic acid strands under hybridization and wash conditions that minimize appreciable amounts of detectable binding by nonspecific nucleic acids. Hybrids of these species are also of interest in the present invention as are hybrids with other members of the Family Poaceae. A target sequence can be selected that is more or less specific for a particular Sorghum.
Such a transgene can include a gene that is partly or entirely heterologous i.
Transgene also means a nucleic acid molecule that includes one or more selected nucleic acid sequences, e. A transgene includes one or more promoters and any other DNA, such as introns, necessary for expression of the selected nucleic acid sequence, operably linked to the selected sequence, and can include an enhancer sequence.