Regeneração "in vitro", estudos histológicos e transformação genética da momoneira (Ricinus communis).

Abstract

Castor bean (Ricinus communis) is an oilseed crop with considerable economic value because of the composition of its oil seed. However, there are some constraints in your use for human and animal food because of the presence of toxic and allergenic proteins. This problem could be solved or reduced through genetic engineering. However, this crop is recalcitrant to tissue culture techniques, thus limiting the formation of transformed plants, and the protocols existing are not well established. The aim of this work was to test the applicability of the regeneration protocol which has been published for the Nordestina cultivar; to determine the regeneration way and to verify trough histochemical techniques, the transformed cells around the meristem. For this purpose, embryo axes were cultured on Murashig and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with thiadiazuron (TDZ) (0,1; 0,5; 1,0; 2,0; 5,0 e 10,0 mg.L-1). Between the TDZ concentrations tested, 0,1 mg.L-1 presented the better results after 56 days of incubation with 7,42 shoots per explant. Gibberellic acid (GA3) (0,1 mg.L-1) and indole-3-butyric acid (1,0 mg.L-1) were used for elongation and rooting, respectively, of the shoots obtained, however, in the concentrations used, any effect was evidenced. Histological analysis revealed that the shoots were formed by pre existing or neo formed meristems indicating direct organogenesis. Transformed cells were viewed at least in the second cellular layer. Analysis for stable gus expression showed gus expression 19 days after bombardment. In the histological analysis transformed cells in process of division were observed. In conclusion the Nordestina cultivar formed multiple shoots on medium supplemented with TDZ and this protocol of regeneration was compatible with a protocol for biolistic-mediated transformation.