U.S.-Brazil Science Program: Genetic Manipulation of Garlic(Allium sativum L.) in Vitro and in Plants

小行星9403486 这个美国-巴西奖将支持威斯康星州大学的Philipp Simon博士和巴西农业研究公司（EMBRAPA）的Amaury Buso博士之间的合作。该项目将建立合作研究，以推进大蒜（Allium Sativum L.）在体外和植物中。本研究将完善和扩大大蒜实生种子的生产，发展大蒜细胞培养和遗传转化的方法。 大蒜是世界上重要的蔬菜作物，已经被驯化了几千年，但有性繁殖一直是未知的。 性重组体的产生是有限的。 由于尚未开发出允许引入外源基因的遗传转化系统，因此可以生产无病毒大蒜，但不能插入用于交叉保护的病毒基因。 美国研究人员的工作使大蒜的有性繁殖和变异评估成为可能，而巴西研究人员则广泛研究大蒜细胞培养和植物生产。 双方将交流专业知识和互补技术，通过有性繁殖产生新的大蒜变异，并开发将外源基因导入大蒜的系统。 这项研究将通过中美两国之间的互访来完成。威斯康星州农业研究服务和EMBRAPA。 ***

9403486 Simon This U.S.-Brazil award will support collaboration between Dr. Philipp Simon of the University of Wisconsin, and Dr. Amaury Buso of Empresa Brazileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA). This project will establish cooperative research to advance the genetic manipulation of garlic (Allium Sativum L.) in vitro and in plants. The research will perfect and expand true garlic seed production and develop methods of garlic cell culture and genetic transformation. Garlic, which is an important vegetable crop the world over, has been domesticated for thousands of years but sexual reproduction has been unknown. Generation of sexual recombinants is limited. Because a system of genetic transformation has not been developed which would allow foreign genes to be introduced, a virus-free garlic can be produced, but viral genes for cross-protection cannot be inserted. The U.S. researcher's work has enabled sexual reproduction and evaluation of variation in garlic, while the Brazilian researchers have worked extensively with garlic cell culture and plant production. The two sides will exchange their expertise and complementary skills to generate new garlic variation from sexual reproduction and develop a system for introducing foreign genes into garlic. The research will be accomplished through an exchange of visits between the U. Wisconsin Agricultural Research Service and EMBRAPA. ***