Systematic Optimization Enables Near-Perfect In Vitro Transformation Efficiencies for <i>Spirodela polyrhiza</i> (Greater Duckweed).

ABSTRACT: The in vitro transformation of plants, or the delivery of foreign genetic material that is incorporated into their genomes, represents a powerful tool both for elucidating genotype-phenotype relationships and for generating plant cultivars which have desirable traits for agriculture and/or biotechnological applications. However, outside of a few model species, the processes involved in transformation are often inefficient and can take months to perform for many plant species, with several bottlenecks occurring at the different stages of calli induction, genetic transfection, and plant regeneration. While duckweeds - aquatic monocots whose species include some of the smallest and fastest-growing flowering plants on the planet - have distinguished themselves with several emerging biotechnolo

SUBMITTER: Islam T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458322 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature