Methods of regenerating and transforming cannabis

a technology applied in the field of regenerating and transforming cannabis, can solve the problems of difficult to cross, complicating the breeding effort towards improving specific traits, and affecting the quality of cannabis,

Inactive Publication Date: 2021-11-04
THE STATE OF ISRAEL MINIST OF AGRI & RURAL DEV AGRI RES ORG ARO VOLCANI CENT
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The present invention provides a method for in-vitro propagating and regenerating cannabis plants using a combination of a cell wall disrupting agent and a plant hormone. The method involves culturing cannabis explants on a solid medium, optionally sterilizing them, and then subjecting them to a cell wall disrupting agent. The explants are then cultured in a liquid medium until they emerge with leaves suitable for regeneration. The method can be used to regenerate cannabis plants from meristems, seeds, or mature plants. The invention also provides a method for in-vitro cannabis transformation by contacting explants with a polynucleotide and a cell wall disrupting agent. The invention also provides a method for in planta cannabis regeneration and transformation by removing meristems and treating them with a combination of plant hormones and a nucleic acid sequence of interest. The technical effects of the invention include improved efficiency and speed in the propagation and regeneration of cannabis plants, as well as increased genetic stability and flexibility in the transformation of cannabis plants.

Problems solved by technology

The dioecious life cycle of many Cannabis varieties complicates breeding efforts towards improvement of specific traits, such as resistance to pests and diseases.
Organ regeneration, in particular shoots, can be quite cumbersome and therefore the screening of different plant growth regulator concentrations and combinations has to be carried out to find the right culture medium composition.
Crossing is not suitable for heterozygous crops like Cannabis, in which varieties are vegetatively propagated.

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In-Vitro Propagation, Hardening and Rooting of Cannabis Cultivars

[0448]Cannabis has acquired considerable importance as a food, oil, fiber, medicinal and recreational drug source crop all over the world. This extraordinary versatile important plant material naturally calls for development of suitable protocols for production of sufficient number of uniform planting materials from Cannabis varieties through biotechnological intervention. Among the biotechnological approaches, micropropagation is one of the most feasible techniques, allows efficient and rapid clonal propagation of many economically important crops.

[0449]This study describes an efficient in-vitro propagation, hardening and rooting procedures for obtaining plantlets from shoot tips and seedlings of Cannabis sativa L. Ten different cannabis cultivars seedlings and shoot cuttings were sterilized and grown on half-strength ½ MS medium supplemented with 10 g / L sucrose, 5.5 g / L Agar at a pH of 6.8 with different plant hormon...

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Cannabis Regeneration and Transformation Using Tissue Culture

[0478]The development of new Cannabis cultivars with improved traits could be facilitated through the application of biotechnological strategies. The purpose of this study was to establish efficient regeneration of Cannabis in tissue culture and to establish a protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation for foreign gene introduction.

[0479]Induction of high-frequency shoot regeneration using nodal segments containing axillary buds from tissue culture plants of Cannabis sativa was achieved on premium treatment media with cuticle nicking enzymes, added to Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium salt mixture, containing 0.05-5.0 μM thidiazuron, supplemented with 100 mg / l myo-inositol, 1 mg / l thiamine-HCl, 2% sucrose (w / v) at pH 5.7) with 5 ml cuticle nicking enzymes reaction mixture (0.25 ml 10% enzyme, fungal mix of pectin and cutinase (BSG HandCraft Liquid Pectic Enzyme; Cutinase—Sigma, Ferdinand Maria Quincy 0.25 ml 200 mM T...

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In Planta Regeneration and Transformation of Cannabis Cultivars

[0504]Alternate methods that avoid / minimize tissue culture would be beneficial for the development of new transgenic Cannabis cultivars. Transgenic Cannabis plants have been produced by a tissue-culture independent Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation procedure. One of the two cotyledons of germinated Cannabis seedlings was excised. Unique regeneration method using plant hormones in a nano-encapsulation paste were introduced to the excised apical meristem of the germinating seedling. Regeneration of more than 80% of the germinating seedlings was obtained. A similar regeneration ratio was achieved with adult Cannabis plants of three different cultivars, suggesting that the nano encapsulation paste induces efficient regeneration. Agrobacterium strain EHA 105 harboring the binary vector pME504 that carries the genes for β-glucuronidase (GUS) and neomycin phosphotransferase (npt II), or the plasmid carrying the ...

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Abstract

Methods of in vitro clonal propagation, regeneration and transformation in Cannabis are provided. Also provided is the use of such methods in improvements of cannabis cultivars such as via breeding.

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[0001]This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 681,697 filed on 7 Jun. 2018, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.SEQUENCE LISTING STATEMENT[0002]The ASCII file, entitled 77944 Sequence Listing.txt, created on 5 Jun. 2019, comprising 49,173 bytes, submitted concurrently with the filing of this application is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to methods of regenerating and transforming cannabis. [0004]Cannabis sativa L. is an annual herb. It is among the earliest cultivated plants which originated in Central Asia. It is valued as a food, oil, fiber, medicinal and recreational drug source and, consequently, has been dispersed throughout the world. Cannabis sativa L. (marijuana) contains cannabinoids, a unique class of terpenophenolic compounds which accumulates mainly in glandular trichomes of...

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IPC IPC(8): A01H4/00A01H6/28A01G22/00
CPCA01H4/005A01H4/008A01G31/00A01G22/00A01H6/28C07K14/415C12N15/8205C12N15/8206
InventorFLAISHMAN, MOSHE ARIECOHEN PEER, REUTCOHEN, ODEDBOCOBZA, SAMUEL
OwnerTHE STATE OF ISRAEL MINIST OF AGRI & RURAL DEV AGRI RES ORG ARO VOLCANI CENT