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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2021, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (11): 85-93.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20211109

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Detection of Resistance of Multi-Gene Transgenic Populus×euramericana 'Neva' to Target Pests

Kunjin Han,Juanjuan Guo,Ziqing Lü,Yuyan Li,Shijie Wang,Minsheng Yang,Jinmao Wang*   

  1. Key Laboratory of Germplasm Resources of Forest Tree and Forest Protection of Hebei College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University Baoding 071001
  • Received:2020-12-09 Online:2021-11-25 Published:2022-01-12
  • Contact: Jinmao Wang

Abstract:

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the stability and expression of exogenous gene in transgenic poplar 107(Populus×euramericana 'Neva') and to screen transgenic lines with double resistance to Lepidoptera and Coleoptera pests, providing valuable reference for breeding new varieties of transgenic poplar with multiple genes resistant to pests. Method: PCR, toxin protein content detection and insect resistance detection were performed in 2-year-old field seedlings of three lines (ECAA1-3) transformed with Cry1Ac-Cry3A-BADH genes and three lines (ECAB1-3) transformed with Cry1Ac-Cry3A-NTHK1 genes. Result: PCR gel electrophoresis test proved that the target gene was still in the genome of transgenic poplar 107. The detection of Bt toxin of transgenic poplar 107 showed that the 2-year-old transgenic lines in August all contained Cry1Ac and Cry3A toxin, but the content of Cry3A toxin was relatively high. The toxic protein content of Cry1Ac was 3.60-20.76 ng·g-1, and the toxic protein content of Cry3A was 3 479.66-7 230.29 ng·g-1. Indoor insect feeding test showed that the transgenic poplar 107 had resistance to both Hyphantria cunea and Plagiodera versicolora larvae, among which ECAB1 had the highest lethal rate to H. cunea (100%), and ECAA1, ECAA2 and ECAA3 significantly inhibited the growth and development of H. cunea larvae of the first instar. With the exception of transgenic line ECAA2, all the other lines showed high insect resistance to P. versicolora, with the lethal rate of 100% for the first instar larvae, 85%-100% for the first and second instar mixed larvae, and over 66% for adults. Conclusion: The exogenous genes of transgenic poplar 107 were still present and stably expressed, and their insect resistance was significantly improved compared with that of non-transgenic controls. However, there were significant differences among different transgenic lines, the strains ECAA3 and ECAB1 showed high insect resistance to the larvae of H. cunea and P. versicolora.

Key words: Populus×euramericana 'Neva', Bt gene, polygenic transformation, gene expression, insect resistance

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