Abstract
Zygotic hypocotyls of canola (Brassica napus L.) cv Oscar, cv Westar, and the breeding line UGA188-20B were transformed with a truncated synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal protein gene (Bt cryIAc) under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter using Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Fifty-seven independently transformed lines were produced, containing 1 to 12 copies of the transgenes. A range of cry expressors was produced from 0 to 0.4% Cry as a percentage of total extractable protein. The Brassica specialists, the diamondback month (Plutella xylostella L.) and the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni Hubner), were completely controlled by low-, medium-, and high-expressing lines. Whereas control of the generalist lepidopteran, the corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea Boddie), was nearly complete, the other generalist caterpillar tested, the beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua Hubner), showed a dose response that had a negative association between defoliation and cry expression. These plants were produced as models for an ecological research assessment of the risk involved in the field release of naturalized transgenic plants harboring a gene (Bt) that confers higher relative fitness under herbivore-feeding pressure.
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