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Table 4 Transformation and editing efficiencies

From: Efficient generation of stable, heritable gene edits in wheat using CRISPR/Cas9

Experiment

Construct

Genome target

No. of inoculated embryos

No. of transgenic lines

No. of edited lines (editing efficiency, %)

Embryo to edit efficiency

GE1

pRMH110

A/B/D

248

38

2 (5.3)

0.8

GE2/4

pRMH121

B only

157

28

0 (0)

GE6

pRMH120

A only

227

52

6 (11.5)

2.6

GE7

pRMH125

D only

213

35

4 (11.4)

1.9

GE8

pRMH123

A only

210

30

5 (16.7)

2.4

GE11/12/13b

pRMH120 / pRMH125

A and D

432

73

13 (17.8)

3

GE15/16

pRMH131

A and all three double

223

27

4 (14.8)

1.8

Hv6

pRMH110

N/A

66

40

6 (15a)

9

  1. GE Wheat experiments, Hv Barley experiment
  2. aHigh levels of somatic editing were observed making the true edit efficiency unclear
  3. bCo-transformation of two different Agrobacterium strains containing different constructs