Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 123-133.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2024-0877

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Identification and Resistance Detection of Homozygous and Heterozygous Plants of Transgenic Maize LD05 with Resistances to Insect and Herbicide

LI Wen-lan1(), HOU Xin-wei1, LI Yan2, ZHAO Rui-jun2, MENG Zhao-dong1, YUE Run-qing1()   

  1. 1.Maize Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Key Laboratory of Maize Biological Breeding, National Engineering Center of Wheat and Maize, Jinan 250100
    2.Agricultural Technology Promotion Center of Zhaoyuan, Yantai 264000
  • Received:2024-09-09 Online:2025-04-26 Published:2025-04-25
  • Contact: YUE Run-qing E-mail:liwenlantutu@126.com;yuerunqing@126.com

Abstract:

Objective In the process of backcross transfer, the target trait of transgenic maize LD05 was accurately and quickly introduced into the conventional inbred lines of breeding by molecular detection methods, and it was determined whether there were differences in the expressions of the insect-resistant fusion gene m2cryAb-vip3A, insect-resistant and agronomic traits between homozygous and heterozygous individuals of LD05 and the control Zheng 58. Method Homozygous and heterozygous expressions of foreign target gene m2cryAb-vip3A in inbred lines were identified by PCR amplification using left and right boundary primers, and the expressions of m2cryAb-vip3A at transcription and translation levels were analyzed by RT-qPCR and ELISA. The resistances to target pests were evaluated by bioassay and field trials. Result LC915+LC966 was identified as the optimal primers for homozygous and heterozygous identification by screening and optimization. The transcription and translation levels of exogenous gene m2cryAb-vip3A were different in homozygous and heterozygous lines, and those were generally higher in homozygous lines than in heterozygous lines. The results of laboratory bioassay showed that the corrected mortality rates of Ostrinia furnacalis, Spodoptera fragiperda and Mythimna separata were 100% when feeding LD05 homozygous and heterozygous lines at the heart leaf stage, indicating high resistance level. The results of field trials showed that the resistance levels of LD05 homozygous and heterozygous lines to O. furnacalis in the heart leaf stage and silking stage, Mythimna separata in heart leaf stage and Helicoverpa armigera in silking stage were high. Agronomic character investigation showed that there was no difference between the homozygous and heterozygous lines of LD05 and Zheng 58. Conclusion The homozygous and heterozygous identification methods of target genes in LD05 transforms are established based on ordinary PCR. It is confirmed that the expression of the exogenous target gene m2cryAb-vip3A is different in the homozygous and heterozygous lines of LD05, but there is no significant difference in resistance to insect and agronomic traits.

Key words: gene m2cryAb-vip3A, homozygous and heterozygous identification, resistance to insect, transgenic, maize