BIOTECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 2006 AND BEYOND Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond Proceedings of the 11th IAPTC&B Congress, August 31- 18, 2006 Beijing, China Edited by Zhihong Xu Peking University, China Jiayang Li Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Yongbiao Xue Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Weicai Yang Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4020-6634-4 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-6635-1 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 2007 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. CONTENTS 2006 Science and Technology Exhibitors…............………………….…xix Opening Speech by Zhihong Xu, President of the IAPTC&B..………....xxi PLENARY LECTURES Plant Biotechnology and Crop Improvement in China……………………3 Zhihong Xu Facing the Future with Pharmaceuticals from Plants…………………….13 Rainer Fischer, Richard M. Twyman, Stephan Hellwig, Jürgen Drossard, and Stefan Schillberg Embryogenesis In Vitro…………………………………………………..35 Jim M. Dunwell Multigene Strategies for Engineering the Phytoremediation of Mercury and Arsenic…………………………………………………..49 Richard B. Meagher, Aaron P. Smith, Melissa Pischke, Tehryung Kim, Om Prakash Dhankher, and Andrew C.P. Heaton Molecular Control of S-RNase-based Self-Incompatibility……………...63 Jian Huang, Lan Zhao, and Yongbiao Xue The Use of Sexual Model Systems to Identify Elements of Apomixis………………………………………………………………77 Ueli Grossniklaus, Philippa Barrell, Amal Johnston, Ramaurthy Baskar, Jacqueline Gheyselinck, Lukas Brand, and Mark Curtis Agricultural Biotechnology in China: Past, Present and Future………………………………………………………………...81 Valerie J. Karplus and Xing Wang Deng v vi Contents SYMPOSIA Current Advances in Plant Tissue Culture Techniques Regulation of Plant Morphogenesis In Vitro: Role of Ethylene and Polyamines………………………………..……….89 Eng-Chong Pua Lingfasu and Its Use on Plant Tissue Culture In Vitro……………..…....97 Xu Hong-Yuan, Xu Hong-Zhang, He Bing, and Zhou Feng-Jue PPV-Specific Hairpin RNAs is an Effective Method for Plum Pox Potyvirus Resistance……………………………..……….103 Lining Tian, Shuocheng Zhang, HJIPne SanfaHon, Antonet Svircev, Daniel C. Brown, and Rui Wen An Efficient Novel Method of Producing Virus Free Plants from Garlic Root Meristem…………………..………………….107 Md. Shahidul Haque, K. Hattori, A. Suzuki, and T. Tsuneyoshi Site-Directed Homologous Recombination in Tobacco Cell Cultures via Zinc Finger Nucleases………………………..………111 Charles Q. Cai, W. Michael Ainley, Trevor N. Collingwood, Robbi J. Garrison, Lisa L. Schulenberg, Andrew Worden, Philip D. Gregory, Beth C. Rubin-Wilson, and Joseph F. Petolino Generation of Genetically Modified Strawberries in Temporary Immersion Bioreactor System…………………….……..115 Kati Hanhineva, Harri Kokko, and Sirpa Karenlampi Current Advances in Plant Molecular Biology The Positioning of the Division Plane Is Determined by a Cortical Division Site at the Plasma Membrane…………………...121 Danny Geelen Repression of Plant Gene Expression via Chromosomal Remodelling Using Histone Deacetylases………………………………125 Lining Tian, Keqiang Wu, Brian Miki, and Dan Brown Contents vii Functional Genomics DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 is a Member of FIS Polycomb Complex and is Involved in Seed Development in Arabidopsis...............131 Ming Luo, Mingzhu Luo, Fred Berger, E.S. Dennis, Jim W. Peacock, and Abed Chaudhury Integrating Transcriptional and Metabolic Profiling to Unravel Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis in Plants………………………...…135 Heiko Rischer, Matej Oresic, Alain Goossens, Dirk Inzé, and Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey Plant Transformation Technology Application of Two New Selectable Marker Genes, dsdA and dao1 in Maize Transformation……………………………..….141 Fang-Ming Lai, Kangfeng Mei, Luke Mankin, and Todd Jones Efficient Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of Various Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Genotypes……………..……..143 Goetz Hensel, Vladimir Valkov, Conny Marthe, and Jochen Kumlehn In vitro System as the Model for Discovery in Molecular Biology Use of Alfalfa In Vitro Cultures in Studies on Regulation of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase (CDK) Functions……………………..…..149 Dénes Dudits, Mátyás Cserháti, Pál Miskolczi, Attila Fehér, Ferhan Ayaydin, and Gábor V. Horváth Phytohormone Regulation of Cotton Fiber Development In Vitro……...153 Barbara A. Triplett, Hee Jin Kim, Doug Hinchliffe, Sing-Hoi Sze, Peggy Thaxton, David Stelly, and Z. Jeffrey Chen Patterns of Growth and Cell Death in Diploid Arabidopsis Cell Cultures with Synchronised Cell Cycle……………………............157 Ranjith Pathirana, Phillip West, and Jocelyn Eason viii Contents Molecular Control of Abiotic Resistance Engineering of Reactive Species Detoxification Pathways for Increasing Stress Tolerance in Plants…………………………..……163 Gábor V. Horváth, Zoltán Turóczy, Mátyás Cserháti, Petra Kis, Katalin Török, László Sass, and Dénes Dudits Orchid Flower Fragrance Biosynthesis Pathway and Its Key Enzyme Geranyl Diphosphate Synthase…………………………..…….167 Yu-Yun Hsiao, Wen-Chieh Tsai, Chang-Sheng Kuoh, Tian-Hsiang Huang, Hei-Chia Wang, Yann-Lii Leu, Tian-Shung Wu, Wen-Huei Chen, and Hong-Hwa Chen Cytokinin Function in Drought Stress Response and Subsequent Recovery……………………………………..………...171 M. Novakova, P. Dobrev, V. Motyka, A. Gaudinova, J. Malbeck, J. Pospisilova, D. Haisel, H. Storchova, J. Dobra, M.C. Mok, D.W.S. Mok, R. Martin, and R. Vankova Xenogenomics: Bioprospecting for Genetic Determinants of Cold and Freezing Stress Tolerance in the Cryophilic Antarctic Hair Grass Deschampsia antarctica E. Desv. …………..……175 U.P. John, R.M. Polotnianka, A. Sivakumaran, L. Mackin, M.J. Kuiper, J.P. Talbot, O. Chew, E. Ribarev, D. Azria, D. Gunawardana, and G.C. Spangenberg Plant Insect Interaction Biotechnological Control of Plant Parasitic Nematodes………...............181 P.E. Urwin Molecular Basis of Colorado Potato Beetle Adaptation to Potato Defence Mechanisms………………………………..........…...191 N. Slapar, M. Pompe-Novak, M. Buh, M. Ravnikar, B. Štrukelj, M.A. Jongsma, and K. Gruden Molecular Mechanisms on Plant-Microbe Interactions An Arabidopsis Nudix Hydrolase Modulates the Innate Immune Response Independent of NPR1 and Salicylate………….……199 Yiji Xia, Xiaochun Ge, Guo-Jing Li, and Huifen Zhu Contents ix RNA-Mediated Resistance to Cassava Geminiviruses in Transgenic Cassava…………………………………………...………201 Hervé Vanderschuren, Rashid Akbergenov, Mikhail M. Pooggin, Thomas Hohn, Wilhelm Gruissem, and Peng Zhang The Molecular Basis of Cold-Induced Pollen Sterility in Rice………....205 Sandra N. Oliver, Xiaochun Zhao, Elizabeth S. Dennis, and Rudy Dolferus Regulation of the Rice NADPH Oxidase by Binding of Small GTPase Rac and Ca2+ to Its N-terminal Extension……………………...209 Hann Ling Wong, Reinhard Pinontoan, Kana Hasegawa, Takashi Yaeno, Koh Iba, Ryo Tabata, Kokoro Hayashi, Chojiro Kojima, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing of the p23 Silencing Suppressor of Citrus tristeza Virus Confers Resistance to the Virus in Transgenic Mexican Lime…………………………..…...211 Carmen Fagoaga, Carmelo López, Alfonso Hermoso de Mendoza, Pedro Moreno, Luis Navarro, Ricardo Flores, and Leandro Peña Phloem Feeding Regulates the Plant Defense Pathways Responding to Both Aphid Infestation and Pathogen Infection………...215 Yinghua Huang Metabolic Engineering Towards Metabolic Engineering of Carotenoid Content in Sweet-orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.)………………………..…...223 Marcio G.C. Costa, Amanda F.S. Mendes, Luciana C. Cidade, Walter S. Soares-Filho, Wagner C. Otoni, and Gloria A. Moore Engineering New Crops for Safe Castor Oil Production………..............227 Grace Q. Chen, Yeh-Jin Ahn, and Louisa Vang Biochemical and Structural Bases for (Iso)flavonoid Biosynthetic Diversity………………………………………..…………231 Chang-Jun Liu, Wang Cheng, Joseph P. Noel, and Richard A. Dixon x Contents Utilization of Plant Metabolic Engineering for Production of Pharmaceuticals in Tea…………………………………………….....235 A. Borthakur, R.K. Dutta, S. Borchetia, and Sudripta Das Improving Nutritional Quality of Crops Success Towards Alleviating Peanut Allergy: The Major Allergen Ara h 2 is Silenced via RNA Interference (RNAi)………….…261 K.N. Konan, O.M. Viquez, F.C. Chen, and H.W. Dodo Transgenic Poplar for Phytoremediation………………..………………265 Won-Yong Song, Young-Im Choi, Donghwan Shim, Do-Young Kim, Eun-Woon Noh, Enrico Martinoia, and Youngsook Lee The Africa Biofortified Sorghum Project – Applying Biotechnology to Develop Nutritionally Improved Sorghum for Africa……………………………………………………..…………273 Zuo-yu Zhao Genetic Engineering of Strawberry for Taste Improvement and Enhanced Disease Resistance by Introduction of thauII Gene………….279 K.A. Schestibratov, and S.V. Dolgov Genetic Engineering of Crops for Improved Nutritional Quality……….283 Samuel S.M. Sun, Qiaoquan Liu, and Rebecca M.L. Chan Transcriptome Profiling of Wheat Genotypes Differing in Bread Baking Quality under Different Environments……………..…289