Abstract
Ten common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines—including cultivars, breeding lines, and one wild line—were evaluated for susceptibility to Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain C58 by stab-inoculating intact shoot tips of germinating seeds. Significant differences for tumor frequency and size were found on the resulting 3-week-old seedlings. UW 325, a wild bean, had the highest rate of tumorigenesis; `Olathe', a dry bean cultivar, had the lowest. Uninoculated excised shoot tips cultured in media with BA or BA plus NAA exhibited differences in phytohormone sensitivity, as evidenced by callusing and root initiation. The cultivar Montcalm seemed to be highly sensitive, while `Olathe' was relatively insensitive. Fluorometric GUS assays of shoot tips from germinating seeds inoculated with the disarmed GUS-containing A. tumefaciens strain C58C1(pGV3850/pKIWI105) showed that UW 325 had the highest level of GUS activity. `Montcalm' had a high rate of tumorigenesis but a low level of GUS activity; this anomaly was attributed to its high phytohormone sensitivity. The use of the virulence-inducing compound acetosyringone in the inoculum culture medium did not alter genotypic differences (ranks) in susceptibility. Histochemical GUS assays of inoculated UW 325 shoot tips showed that 60% of the apexes exhibited one or more transformation events. Chemical names used: β-glucuronidase (GUS); α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA); N-(phenylmethyl)-1H-purin-6-amine (BA).
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