Trehalose Synthase Gene Transfer Mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens Enhances Resistance to Osmoti

<正> Trehalose synthase gene (TSase) from Grifola frondosa was transferred into sugarcane (Sac-charum hybrid L.) using Agrobacterium-mediated method to improve sugarcane drought-tolerance. The results indicated that embryogenic callus of sugarcane was sensitive to A. tumefaciens EHA105 strain in the transformation system employed. The high frequency PPT-resistant plants were obtained from transformated with 3 weeks callus after incubation, which reached 4.5% on average. The transgenic plants were confirmed by PCR and Southern analysis. Some transgenic plants showed multiple phenotypic alterations and some plants demonstrated improvement tolerance to osmotic stress.