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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2026, Vol. 62 ›› Issue (9): 152-164.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20260041

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Optimization of Tissue Culture Regeneration and Construction of Genetic Transformation System of Deutzia rubens

Yingnan Hao1,Yuting Yuan1,Yuxin Tu1,Xinyi Feng1,Yuzhou Zhang2,Huihui Wang2,Puxia Wu3,Chunxiang Fu4,Jinyu Li5,Xin Zhang1,*()   

  1. 1. Key Comprehensive Laboratory of Forestry of Shaanxi Province Shaanxi Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100
    2. College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University Yangling 712100
    3. Shaanxi Academy of Forestry Xi'an 710082
    4. Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao 266101
    5. Beijing Academy of Forestry and Landscape Architecture Beijing 100102
  • Received:2026-01-20 Revised:2026-05-16 Online:2026-09-10 Published:2026-09-16
  • Contact: Xin Zhang E-mail:xin.zhang@nwafu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Objective: On the basis of two previously established tissue culture regeneration systems of Deutzia species, the regeneration systems of Deutzia were screened and optimized, and a genetic transformation system was constructed with the optimal regeneration system as the recipient system in this study, aiming to provide technical support for molecular breeding of important landscape tree species in Deutzia, and a reference paradigm for the de novo domestication of woody plants. Method: The tissue culture rooted plantlets of six wild species in Deutzia were used as research materials. The leaves, petioles and internodes from the 1st to 5th node along the morphological axis were taken as explants. In the tissue culture regeneration process, the genotype, explant type and maturity were screened to optimize the tissue regeneration system of Deutzia. Subsequently, the optimized system used as the recipient system to construct an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated leaf-disc genetic transformation system, and simultaneously screen the optimal concentration of Timentin. Result: Among the six tested wild Deutzia species, the genotype with the best regeneration was Deutzia rubens. The optimum explant for the tissue culture regeneration of D. rubens was the first expanded leaf of 30-day-old rooted plantlets, with a differentiation rate of 100%. The rooting rate of regenerated plantlets reached 100% on 1/2 MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg·L–1 IBA, showing the best growth of plantlets and root systems. The rooted plantlets grew best in the acclimatization and transplantation substrate with perlite∶nutrient soil = 3∶7. The maximum plant height was 15.68 cm after 30 days of acclimatization. A. tumefaciens successfully infected the leaves of D. rubens and regenerated plantlets. The differentiation rate reached the maximum of 83.33% at 50 mg·L–1 Timentin, and the genetic transformation efficiency was 16.7%. Conventional PCR detection verified that exogenous Ruby and NtGRF4-NtGIF1 genes were integrated into the genome of regenerated D. rubens plants, and the transgenic plants showed a visible red phenotype. Conclusion: This study has established an efficient and stable tissue culture regeneration system of Deutzia represented by D. rubens, and an Agrobacterium-mediated leaf-disc genetic transformation system is for the first time constructed. The result fills the technical gap in genetic transformation of Deutzia, and provides core technical support for gene function analysis and targeted molecular improvement of this genus, as well as a practical reference for the utilization and de novo domestication breeding of wild woody plant resources.

Key words: Deutzia rubens, tissue culture regeneration, leaf-disc method, genetic transformation, de novo domestication

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