Kishchenko E.M., Komarnitskii I.K., Gleba Yu.Yu., Kuchuk N.V.

Production of transgenic sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) plants of O-type by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Cytology and Genetics 2004, v 38, number 5, 3-8

A method of Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) by vacuum infiltration has been developed. Transgenic sugarbeet plants of Ukraine breeding were selected for their resistance either to the antibiotic kanamycin or to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium. Integration of transgenes was confirmed by PCR and GUS-assay.