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Table 1 Gene targeting frequencies in tomato cotelydons

From: High-frequency, precise modification of the tomato genome

T-DNA construct

Number of transformed cotyledons

Purple calli

Number of purple calli/transformed cotelydons (%)

Gene targeting frequency

pTC147 (35S::ANT1 T-DNA)

167

126

75.45

NA

pTC144 (BeYDV with TALENs 1193/1194)

1881a

137

7.28

9.65 × 10−2

pTC217 (BeYDV with Cas9/gRNA1b)

216

19

8.80

11.66 × 10−2

pTC223 (BeYDV with Cas9/gRNA7)

218

6

2.75

3.65 × 10−2

pTC150 (BeYDV with donor-only)

200

0

0.00

<0.66 × 10−2

pTC206 (BeYDV with TALENs 1193/1194)c

183b

0

0.00

<0.72 × 10−2

pTC146 (BeYDV with donor, TALENs outside of the replicon)

199

7

3.52

4.67 × 10−2

pTC151 (Conventional T-DNA)

208

2

0.96

1.27 × 10−2

pTC208 (ToLCV with TALENs 1193/1194)

273c

8

2.93

3.88 × 10−2

  1. aTotal number of cotyledons transformed from ten independent experiments
  2. bNo selection was used in the callus induction medium
  3. cTotal number of cotyledons transformed from two independent experiments
  4. T-DNA transfer DNA