Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Amaranthus cruentus L. epicotyls by the ARGOS-LIKE transgene

Abstract

The present study describes the results of our research in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of epicotyl segments of Amaranthus cruentus variety “Bagryanyi” by the ARGOS-LIKE transgene of Arabidopsis thaliana controlled by the 35S promoter. For shoot regeneration from epicotyl segments after Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, Murashige-Skoog (MS) medium containing 13 μM 6-benzylaminopurine and 1 μM α-naphthylacetic acid was used. For the selection of transgenic shoots, 10 mg/L of hygromycin B was added to the MS medium.