Abstract

NOGUERA, Aldo et al. Development of the transgenic sugarcane event TUC 87-3RG resistant to glyphosate. Rev. ind. agric. Tucumán [online]. 2018, vol.95, n.2, pp.1-13. ISSN 1851-3018.

The commercial variety of sugarcane RA 87-3 was transformed by biobalistic with a genetic construct that carries the epsps gene of the CP4 strain of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and with the nptII gene that confer resistance to glyphosate and resistance to kanamycin / geneticin, respectively. Transformed lines were multiplied in greenhouse and resistance to the herbicide was evaluated using different concentrations of glyphosate (3, 4 and 8 l / ha). Resistant lines to the herbicide (RH) were evaluated in the field to confirm resistance to glyphosate and to carry out a preliminary analysis of their behavior with respect to the parental cultivar. All transformed lines maintained resistance to the herbicide but many showed phenotypic changes. Ten RH lines that were very similar to the RA 87-3 variety were analyzed phenotypically and genetically using the 9 compulsory morphological markers proposed by The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) and with 339 molecular markers, respectively. Six lines of the previous ones presented minor morphological and genetic changes and were selected for field trials during two vegetative cycles (cane plant and ratoon 1), in two production areas of Argentina. The six RH lines presented agronomic, industrial and chemical composition characteristics indistinguishable from the parental cultivar. The stable inheritance of the CP4 epsps gene was confirmed by RT-qPCR and Southern blot assays in different clonal generations (growth cycles). Our studies confirmed the usefulness of genetic transformation as a complementary tool to classical improvement and highlight the advantage of the use of UPOV descriptors together with molecular markers for an early selection of transgenic events that have a high similarity with the parental genotype. Taking into account the results, one of the six lines evaluated was proposed for a possible commercial release, under the requirements of regulatory affairs offices (CONABIA, SENASA and DNMA).

Keywords : glyphosate; CP4 epsps gene; herbicide resistance.

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