The Role of a Soybean 14-3-3 Gene () on White Mold Resistance and Nodulation Investigations Using CRISPR-Cas9 Editing and RNA Silencing.

The role of a soybean 14-3-3 gene () in defense against white mold and in nodulation was investigated by loss-of-gene-function with CRISPR-Cas9 editing and silencing of RNA interference (RNAi). Particle bombardment was used to introduce the CRISPR expression cassette to target the soybean 14-3-3 gene and an RNAi construct to silence gene transcription. Transmission of the edited 14-3-3 gene and the RNAi construct was confirmed in their respective progeny.

Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Molecular Players in Early Soybean- Interaction.

causes Sclerotinia stem rot on soybean. Using RNA sequencing, the transcriptomes of the soybean host and the pathogen were simultaneously determined at 4 and 8 h postinoculation (hpi). Two soybean genotypes were involved: a resistant oxalate oxidase (OxO)-transgenic line and its susceptible parent, AC Colibri (AC).

Zinc finger nuclease-mediated targeting of multiple transgenes to an endogenous soybean genomic locus via non-homologous end joining.

Emerging genome editing technologies hold great promise for the improvement of agricultural crops. Several related genome editing methods currently in development utilize engineered, sequence-specific endonucleases to generate DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) at user-specified genomic loci. These DSBs subsequently result in small insertions/deletions (indels), base substitutions or incorporation of exogenous donor sequences at the target site, depending on the application.

Improved protein quality in transgenic soybean expressing a de novo synthetic protein, MB-16.

To improve soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] seed nutritional quality, a synthetic gene, MB-16 was introduced into the soybean genome to boost seed methionine content. MB-16, an 11 kDa de novo protein enriched in the essential amino acids (EAAs) methionine, threonine, lysine and leucine, was originally developed for expression in rumen bacteria.

Genomic evaluation of oxalate-degrading transgenic soybean in response to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infection.

Oxalate oxidases (OxO) catalyse the degradation of oxalic acid (OA). Highly resistant transgenic soybean carrying an OxO gene and its susceptible parent soybean line, AC Colibri, were tested for genome-wide gene expression in response to the necrotrophic, OA-producing pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using soybean cDNA microarrays. The genes with changed expression at statistically significant levels (overall F-test P-value cut-off of 0.

Transcriptome analyses suggest a disturbance of iron homeostasis in soybean leaves during white mould disease establishment.

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a serious pathogen of numerous crops around the world. The major virulence factor of this pathogen is oxalic acid (OA). Mutants that cannot produce OA do not cause disease, and plants that express enzymes that degrade OA, such as oxalate oxidase (OxO), are very resistant to S.

The receptor like kinase at Rhg1-a/Rfs2 caused pleiotropic resistance to sudden death syndrome and soybean cyst nematode as a transgene by altering signaling responses.

Background: Soybean (Glycine max (L. Merr.)) resistance to any population of Heterodera glycines (I.

A GmAOX2b antisense gene compromises vegetative growth and seed production in soybean.

The alternative oxidase mediates the cyanide-resistant respiratory pathway in plant mitochondria. In non-thermogenic plants, the role of alternative oxidase in plant growth and development is not well understood. Soybean (Glycine max) lines carrying a GmAOX2b antisense gene had compromised vegetative growth and reproductive performance under typical glasshouse growth conditions.

Photosynthetic performance and fertility are repressed in GmAOX2b antisense soybean.

The alternative oxidase (AOX) is a cyanide-resistant oxidase that provides an alternative outlet for electrons from the respiratory electron transport chain embedded in the inner membrane of plant mitochondria. Examination of soybean (Glycine max) plants carrying a GmAOX2b antisense gene showed AOX to have a central role in reproductive development and fecundity. In three independently transformed antisense lines, seed set was reduced by 16% to 43%, whereas ovule abortion increased by 1.

[Culture of soybean somatic embryo line and stability of microsatellite DNA].

We cultured soybean immature cotyledons to induce somatic embryos and set up soybean somatic embryo lines by culturing the induced somatic embryos in liquid medium on shaker. Regenerated plants of normal fertility were easily obtained with the cultures of various ages by culturing the somatic embryos on differentiation media. DNAs were isolated from the embryogenic cultures after 5, 9, 15 or 17 months' suspension and from 42 plants regenerated from somatic embryos of various culturing ages.

Heat-shock proteins 70 kDa and 19 kDa are not required for induction of embryogenesis of Brassica napus L. cv. topas microspores.

It is currently accepted that 'stress' triggers induction of microspore embryogenesis, and for Brassica napus L. cv. Topas it is heat-shock.