Table 4 Summary of molecular analysis of randomly selected transgenic sugarcane plants (V1-generation).

From: Novel approaches to circumvent the devastating effects of pests on sugarcane

Transgenic lines of sugarcane (CPF-246)

PCR

Southern Blot

Dipstick assay

ELISA (µg/g)

Glyphosate spray assay (1200 mL/acre)

CEMB-Cry1Ac

CEMB-Cry2A

CEMB-GTG

CEMB-Cry1Ac

CEMB-Cry2A

CEMB-GTG

CEMB-Cry1Ac

CEMB-Cry2A

CEMB-GTG

CEMB-Cry1Ac

CEMB-Cry2A

CEMB-GTG

CPF-246 (2L/6-3) 1

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.490

0.411

0.451

Tolerant

CPF-246 (2L/8-5) 2

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.410

0.480

0.432

Tolerant

CPF-246 (3L/3-8) 3

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.510

0.441

0.421

Tolerant

CPF-246 (3L/4-4) 4

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.464

0.542

0.434

Tolerant

CPF-246 (4L/2-7) 5

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.672

0.642

0.569

Tolerant

CPF-246 (4L/7-1) 6

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.456

0.467

0.459

Tolerant

CPF-246 (4L/8-4) 7

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.552

0.560

0.454

Tolerant

CPF-246 (5L/1-7) 8

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.345

0.423

0.458

Tolerant

CPF-246 (5L/5-2) 9

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.678

0.599

0.578

Tolerant

CPF-246 (6L/2-10) 10

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.458

0.523

0.455

Tolerant

CPF-246 (6L/5-3) 11

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.687

0.611

0.589

Tolerant

CPF-246 (7L/2-1) 12

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.489

0.478

0.458

Tolerant

CPF-246 (7L/7-7) 13

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.521

0.455

0.404

Tolerant

CPF-246 (L8/4-10) 14

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.642

0.648

0.551

Tolerant

CPF-246 (L9/6-9) 15

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

+VE

0.652

0.622

0.564

Tolerant

  1. Bold values indicate higher protein concentration