Conference 2021 Poster Presentation

 

Project title

Study the accumulation of polyphenols in Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated hairy root cultures of tomato

 

Authors and Affiliations

Mohamed Salah Eldin ElSoda1, Ahmed Magdy Gabr2

1. Associate professor in genetics department, Faculty of agriculture, Cairo University
2. Professor in Department of Plant Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology Division – National research center (NRC)

 

Abstract

Agrobacterium rhizogenes has become a trend in transformation recently as it stimulates the production of secondary metabolites e.g. polyphenols.Tomato is important as it serves as a model organism for the family Solanaceae and helps in applying its data with other related plants, as well as tomato is important as food because it contains vital compounds like: polyphenols that have vital role in improving human health e.g. chlorogenic acid. Utilizing the natural ability of A. rhizogenes to infect plants helps in stimulating and extracting polyphenolic compounds from several plants like; tomato, blueberries, strawberries, potatoes and use them as natural treatment.