Overexpression of rice thaumatin-like protein (Ostlp) gene in transgenic cassava results in enhanced tolerance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. manihotis

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorOjola, Patroba Odeny
dc.contributor.authorNyaboga, Evans N.
dc.contributor.authorNjiru, Paul N.
dc.contributor.authorOrinda, George
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-09T08:23:10Z
dc.date.available2018-01-09T08:23:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractCassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is the most important staple food for more than 300 million people in Africa, and anthracnose disease caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. manihotis is the most destructive fungal disease affecting cassava production in sub-Saharan Africa. The main objective of this study was to improve anthracnose resistance in cassava through genetic engineering. Transgenic cassava plants harbouring rice thaumatin-like protein (Ostlp) gene, driven by the constitutive CaMV35S promoter, were generated using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of friable embryogenic calli (FEC) of cultivar TMS 60444. Molecular analysis confirmed the presence, integration, copy number of the transgene all the independent transgenic events. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR confirmed high expression levels of Ostlp in six transgenic lines tested. The antifungal activity of the transgene against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides pathogen was evaluated using the leaves and stem cuttings bioassay. The results demonstrated significantly delayed disease development and reduced size of necrotic lesions in leaves and stem cuttings of all transgenic lines compared to the leaves and stem cuttingss of non-transgenic control plants. Therefore, constitutive overexpression of rice thaumatin-like protein in transgenic cassava confers enhanced tolerance to the fungal pathogen C. gloeosporioides f. sp. manihotis. These results can therefore serve as an initial step towards genetic engineering of farmer-preffered cassava cultivars for resistance to anthracnose disease.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/18087
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectColletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. manihotisen_US
dc.subjectThaumatin-like proteinen_US
dc.subjectTransgenic cassavaen_US
dc.titleOverexpression of rice thaumatin-like protein (Ostlp) gene in transgenic cassava results in enhanced tolerance to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. manihotisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
RP-Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology