Biotechnological advances in Lilium.
Modern powerful techniques in plant biotechnology have been developed in lilies (Lilium spp., Liliaceae) to propagate, improve and make new phenotypes. Reliable in vitro culture methods are available to multiply lilies rapidly and shorten breeding programs. Lilium is also an ideal model plant to study in vitro pollination and embryo rescue methods. Although lilies are recalcitrant to genetic manipulation, superior genotypes are developed with improved flower colour and form, disease resistance and year round forcing ability. Different DNA molecular markers have been developed for rapid indirect selection, genetic diversity evaluation, mutation detection and construction of Lilium linkage map. Some disease resistance-QTLs are already mapped on the Lilium linkage map. This review presents latest information on in vitro propagation, genetic engineering and molecular advances made in lily.
Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 31587-11167, Karaj, Iran. mbakhshaie@ut.ac.ir.
Mehdi
M
Bakhshaie
Department of Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box 31535-1897, Karaj, Iran.
Solmaz
S
Khosravi
Department of Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box 31535-1897, Karaj, Iran. azadip22@gmail.com.
Pejman
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7818-1620
P
Azadi
Department of Plant Biotechnology, Bu Ali Sina University, 65174, Hamedan, Iran.
Hedayat
H
Bagheri
Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Jaap M
JM
van Tuyl
D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D001947:Breeding; D027762:Lilium / Q000235:genetics*; D012100:Reproduction, Asexual; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques
Culture medium; Genetic transformation; In vitro pollination; Lilium; Molecular markers; Polyploidization