Transformación genética del albaricoquero (Prunus armeniaca L.), mediada por Agrobacterium, y regeneración de plantas transformadas

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In this thesis a protocol of regeneration has been optimized from leaf explants of the cultivars Helena and Canino. By means of the study of the diverse factors that affect the transformation of adult material, an efficient protocol of Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation has been established for the first time for a commercial cultivar of apricot. The design of a gradual selection strategy with paromomycin has permitted the regeneration of transformed shoots with the marker genes nptII and sgfp or gus, with the highest efficiencies that have been published up to now from adult material in Prunus, although the low viability of the transformed buds reduced the final number of plants obtained. This protocol establishes the bases that will permit the introduction of agronomic and commercial interesting genes, modifying discreetly commercial cultivars accepted and established in the market.