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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, a premier institution of agricultural education and research in the country, began as a small agricultural research farm in 1899 on 30 acres of land donated by Her Excellency Maharani Kempa Nanjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhiyavaru, the Regent of Mysore and appointed Dr. Lehmann, German Scientist to initiate research on soil crop response with a Laboratory in the Directorate of Agriculture. Later under the initiative of the Dewan of Mysore Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Mysore Agriculture Residential School was established in 1913 at Hebbal which offered Licentiate in Agriculture and later offered a diploma programme in agriculture during 1920. The School was upgraded to Agriculture Collegein 1946 which offered four year degree programs in Agriculture. The Government of Mysore headed by Sri. S. Nijalingappa, the then Chief Minister, established the University of Agricultural Sciences on the pattern of Land Grant College system of USA and the University of Agricultural Sciences Act No. 22 was passed in Legislative Assembly in 1963. Dr. Zakir Hussain, the Vice President of India inaugurated the University on 21st August 1964.

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Subject: Plant Biotechnology × Author: BOMBALE SHRIPAD, LAXMAN. × End date: 2009 × Start date: 2009 ×
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    IN VITRO REGENERATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF MUSKMELON (Cucumis melo L.) WITH ALTERNATIVE MARKER GENE
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 2009-07-22) BOMBALE SHRIPAD, LAXMAN.; Ramanjini Gowda, P. H.
    Selection of transgenic plants after transformation is a very important task. Selectable Marker Genes (SMGs) presently in use consist of mostly ‘bacterial originated’ antibiotic resistant marker genes like nptII or herbicide resistant bar gene. Use of these marker gene consist of potential risk of horizontal transfer of these genes from transgenic plants to non- harmful bacteria/plants leading to the development of antibiotic resistant strains or development of superweeds. In this regard efforts have been made to use ‘plant originated’ AtWBC19 gene as selectable marker gene. Standard tissue culture technique is an essential part of successful transformation. Considering good tissue culture response, Muskmelon has been used for transformation. Standardization of growth regulators for direct regeneration (DR) from zygotic embryos and somatic embryogenesis (SE) from cotyledonary explants were carried out. Muskmelon varieties used in this study were Hara Madhu, Punjab Sunheri and Eden Gem. Hormonal concentration of 1 mgL-1 BAP for direct regeneration and 4.0 mgL-1 of 2,4-D with 0.2 mgL-1 of thidiazuron for somatic embryogenesis was standardized. Among genotypes Hara Madhu and Eden Gem were considered good for tissue culture. Calli obtained from SE and zygotic embryos were used as explants for Agrobacterium and Biolistic transformation. After transformation explants were regenerated on medium containing standardized hormonal concentration. 100 mgL-1 of Kanamycin was found to be optimum for selection of transformed explants. Biolistic transformation showed high transformation efficiency (91% GUS positive explants) over Agrobacterium mediated transformation (20%). Transformation of muskmelon varieties with AtWBC19 gene was carried out for testing kanamycin resistance given by targeted gene. The presence of transgene (2.18 kb) was confirmed through PCR using gene specific primers. Thus, the use of plant originated selectable marker genes in genetic engineering may provide a practical alternative to current bacterial marker genes, in terms of risk of horizontal gene transfer of resistance genes.