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Potential Hybridization of Flax with Weedy and Wild REVIEW & INTERPRETATION Potential Hybridization of Flax with Weedy and Wild Relatives: An Avenue for Movement of Engineered Genes? Amit J. Jhala, Linda M. Hall,* and Jocelyn C. Hall Amit J. Jhala and Linda M. Hall, Dep. of Agricultural, Food and Nutri- ABSTRACT tional Science, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5 Canada. Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is being evalu- Linda M. Hall, Alberta Agriculture and Food, 410 Agriculture/For- ated as a crop platform for the production of estry Building, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5 Canada. bio-industrial and nutraceutical products. An Jocelyn C. Hall, Dep. of Biological Sciences, Biological Sciences Cen- important consideration for the release of any ter, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9 Canada. Received 6 novel trait is the potential for gene fl ow to wild Sept. 2007. *Corresponding author ([email protected]). or weedy relatives and the impact it may have Abbreviations: AFLP, amplifi ed fragment length polymorphism; on their populations. The potential for gene APG, Angiosperm Phylogeny Group; CFIA, Canadian Food Inspection introgression from transgenic fl ax to wild rela- Agency; EMBO, European Molecular Biology Organization; GM, tives, the occurrence, the phylogeny of fl ax wild genetically modifi ed; ITS, internal transcribed spacer region; NCRPIS, relatives and reported interspecifi c hybridiza- North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station; PGRC, Plant Gene tion was reviewed to initiate the evaluation of Resources of Canada; RAPD, random amplifi cation of polymorphic environmental risk of novel fl ax in Canada. The DNA; sad2, stearoyl-ACP desaturase II. genus Linum contains approximately 230 spe- cies which are distributed in many parts of the lax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is the sixth largest oilseed crop world and may grow in sympatry with cultivated Fin the world and is one of the oldest cultivated plants (Bhatty fl ax. Interspecifi c hybridization and cytogenetic and Rowland, 1990). It is grown for linen fi ber, the earliest veg- studies between fl ax and congeneric species etable fi ber domesticated by mankind, and as an oilseed (Dill- demonstrated that cultivated fl ax has the abil- man, 1938; Richharia, 1962). The center of origin of fl ax has ity to hybridize and form viable F1 plants with at least nine species of Linum (L. africanum, not been identifi ed (Lay and Dybing, 1989), but it was report- L. angustifolium, L. corymbiferum, L. decum- edly disseminated from Egypt (Cooke, 1903) where it was in bens, L. fl occosum, L. hirsutum, L nervosum, L. use during the time of the Pharaohs. Flax fabrics from Egyptian pallescens, and L. tenue). Hybridization of fl ax mummy-cloths were dated at > 4500 years (De Candolle, 1904; with many other wild relatives has either not Matthews, 1908). It is believed that Phoenicians were respon- been studied or reported. However, based on sible for transporting fl ax into Europe from the Near East (Ros- the evidence of reported hybridization with wild berg, 1996; Stephens, 1997) during the period from 2500 to or weedy relatives, gene fl ow from fl ax to wild 1200 B.C. Flax cultivation by Aryans extended north to Rus- or weedy relatives is possible in several species sia and Finland (De Candolle, 1904). During the Colonial era, native to North America, depending on species European colonists transported fl ax to North America, New distribution, sympatry, concurrent fl owering, Reproduced from Crop Science. Published by Crop Science Society of America. All copyrights reserved. Zealand, and Australia (Rosberg, 1996). ploidy level, and sexual compatibility. Published in Crop Sci. 48:825–840 (2008). doi: 10.2135/cropsci2007.09.0497 © Crop Science Society of America 677 S. Segoe Rd., Madison, WI 53711 USA All rights reserved. No part of this periodical may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permission for printing and for reprinting the material contained herein has been obtained by the publisher. CROP SCIENCE, VOL. 48, MAY–JUNE 2008 825 Fiber fl ax prospered in North America for many years movement from transgenic fl ax to its weedy relatives is in as production followed settlers westward (Hammond and progress (Hall et al., 2006). Miller, 1994). Fiber fl ax has been cultivated in the Neth- We hypothesize that L. usitatissimum is more likely erlands and probably in Belgium and northern France to hybridize with closely related species having a simi- since ancient times. Today, fi ber fl ax is grown primar- lar ploidy level, genome, and chromosome pairing. Our ily in China, Russia, Egypt, and near the northwestern objective is to establish the potential risk of gene fl ow European coast for the production of high quality linen from transgenic fl ax before experimental testing, based (Vromans, 2006). In 2004, linseed was grown in 47 coun- on (i) biology, distribution, and fl owering phenology of tries, and seed production was 1.903 million metric tonnes closely related species to fl ax, (ii) relatedness and cross- (Smith and Jimmerson, 2005). Canada, China, and the ability, and (iii) probability of interspecifi c hybridiza- United States together are responsible for 64% of the total tion and introgression between transgenic fl ax and its world fl ax seed output. Canada is currently the world’s wild or weedy species. leader in the production and export of fl ax seed, a position it has held since 1994. In 2006, Canada produced 1.041 TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY million tonnes of fl ax seed (Statistics Canada, 2006) and Flax is a member of the family Linaceae which is composed exported 80 to 90% of the total production, mainly to of 22 genera (Vromans, 2006) and approximately 300 spe- Europe, the U.S., Japan, and South Korea (Flax Council cies (Hickey, 1988; Heywood, 1993). Linaceae is placed in of Canada, 2007a). the order Linales by some taxonomists (Cronquist, 1981), Flax was among the fi rst crop species to be both but most recently the family has been placed in the order genetically engineered with Agrobacterium mediated trans- Malpighiales (APG II, 2003). Important genera in the fam- formation and transformed with genes of potential agro- ily includes: Linum (230 species), Hugonia (40 species), Rein- nomic value (McHughen, 2002). Several novel traits have vardtia (two–four species), Anisadenia (two species), Roucheria been expressed in fl ax including chlorsulfuron and met- (eight species) and Radiola (Heywood, 1993). sulfuron methyl resistance (McSheff rey et al., 1992), glu- The genus Linum is traditionally divided into fi ve sec- fosinate-ammonium resistance (McHughen and Holm, tions, Linum, Linastrum, Cathartolinum, Dasylinum, and Syl- 1995), and glyphosate resistance (Jordan and McHughen, linum (Winkler, 1931) with an additional section, Cliococca, 1988). Only one transgenic fl ax cultivar, CDC Triffi d added by Ockendon and Walters (1968). Cultivated fl ax, (McHughen et al., 1997), was released in Canada in 1998 Linum usitatissimum, is placed in the section Linum. The for unconfi ned use in fi elds with persistent herbicide resi- taxonomy and classifi cation of Linum has changed with dues (CFIA, 2004b), but it was deregistered almost imme- increased knowledge. Many researchers classifi ed Linum spe- diately at the request of the fl ax industry (Flax Council of cies either on the basis of morphological characters or cen- Canada, 2007b). Although transgenic fl ax may have been ter of origin (Linnaeus, 1857; De Candolle, 1904; Tammes, a solution to signifi cant agronomic issues such as weed 1925; Vavilov, 1926; Winkler, 1931; Dillman, 1933; Dill- control (McHughen, 1989) or disease resistance (Polyakov man, 1953; Richharia, 1962). Alternatively, other research- et al., 1998), a concern over the market’s reaction to the ers grouped Linum species based on chromosome number import of genetically modifi ed material halted all trans- (Kikuchi, 1929; Nagao, 1941; Ray, 1944; Osborne and genic development of the crop, even for primary use in Lewis, 1962; Gill, 1966; Ockendon, 1971; Chennaveeraiah paint and fl ooring industries and animal feed as a co-prod- and Joshi, 1983; Gill, 1987). However, there is no single uct. Since then, the EU is moving toward being more prevailing classifi cation scheme for this genus. The group- open to bioproducts and transgenic crops (Hricova, 2002; ing of 41 Linum species proposed by Gill (1987), based on Breithaupt, 2004; see also Millam et al., 2005). morphological, cytological, and interspecifi c compatibility GM crops are now grown worldwide, and the num- evidence, will be followed in this paper. ber of species and the area under production continues Phylogenetic studies based on molecular markers are to increase (James, 2003; Nap et al., 2003). One of the limited. An amplifi ed fragment length polymorphism critical concerns that must be addressed before the release (AFLP) based phylogeny of 17 species of Linum is not Reproduced from Crop Science. Publishedof by Crop Science Societya of America.novel All copyrights reserved. crop is the potential movement of transgenes compatible with traditional sections of the species (e.g., from GM crops to wild populations (Raybould and Gray, Winkler, 1931; Ockendon and Walters, 1968; Diederich- 1993; CFIA, 2004a). A better understanding of crop-to- sen and Richards, 2003), although there is evidence of wild gene fl ow is essential for ecological risk assessment of fi ve species clusters (Vromans, 2006). McDill and Simp- the potential for transgene spread (Dale, 1993; Conner et son (2005) conducted a more comprehensive phylogenetic al., 2003). In addition, the potential impact on biodiver- study of Linum based on DNA sequence variation from sity (Wilkinson et al., 2003) and genetic resources must multiple chloroplast markers and the nuclear encoded be evaluated (Ellstrand, 1988; Andow and Alstad, 1998). internal transcribed spacer region (ITS).
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