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Book of Abstracts <strong>First</strong> <strong>Legume</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> 2013: A <strong>Legume</strong> Odyssey Novi Sad, Serbia, 9-11 May 2013<br />

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Contained and field experiments with GM peas in Agritec<br />

Lenka Švábová, Miroslav Griga<br />

Agritec Plant Research Ltd., Šumperk, Czech Republic<br />

Genetic transformation of pea (Pisum sativum L.) was focused on the development of increased<br />

resistance to viral and fungal pathogens and insects. For resistance to Pea Seed-borne and Pea<br />

Enation Mosaic Viruses, constructs containing sequences of respective coat proteins were used to<br />

induce pathogen-derived resistance. Starting with T1 generation, mechanical inoculation of plants<br />

with highly aggressive isolates was carried out. Plants were inspected visually (typical symptoms<br />

of virus infection) and with PCR/RT qPCR for virus presence in plant tissues. While coat protein<br />

mediated resistance (CPMR) induced resistance to PEMV expressed in T1 generation was not<br />

stable, the post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGC) induced resistance to PSbMV was stably<br />

inherited to T3, T4 generation showing “plant recovery phenomenon”. Since 2010, transgenic<br />

peas were officially released into environment for multiplication and tests of agronomic<br />

performance. Preliminary feeding tests on rats did not show any negative effect of feed mixtures<br />

enriched with transgenic pea seed meal on the growth and health conditions of experimental<br />

animals. Further, construct with gmSPI-2 protease inhibitor was used for the development of<br />

fungus and insect resistance. Pea transgenic lines that generated increased mortality of Bruchus<br />

pisorum larvae were achieved.<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

The work is financially supported by National Agency for Agricultural Research of Ministry of Agriculture CR, grant<br />

No. QI91A229.<br />

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