This biolistic transformation protocol resulted in the recovery
of large numbers of transgenic Gladiolus plants transformed with
the PAT and gusA genes. More than 100 transformed plants were
obtained from both bombarded callus and suspension cells of two
commercial y available Gladiolus ‘Jenny Lee’ and ‘Peter Pears’.
We are now positioned to introduce transgenes that can confer
horticulturally important traits into commercial cultivars of Gladiolus.