Offspring of the crosses of two anti-sense potato plants exhibit additive cellulose reduction

Obembe, Olawole O. (2010) Offspring of the crosses of two anti-sense potato plants exhibit additive cellulose reduction. African Journal of Plant Science , 4 (12). pp. 474-478. ISSN 1996-0824

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Abstract

Two transgenic potato lines, csr2-1 and csr4-8, containing two different antisense genes: csr2 and csr4, respectively, were crossed to investigate the possibility of achieving reduction in cellulose content in the tuber cell walls of the progeny. The progeny containing both transgenes (double csr2/csr4 transformant) exhibited reduction of 63% in cell wall cellulose content, while the single transformants csr2 and csr4 had a 44 and 22% reduction in cellulose content, respectively.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QK Botany
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr. Olawole O. Obembe
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2011 23:22
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2011 21:13
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/366

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