Crop

Gene/Trait

Pollen tube mediated gene transfer

Floral Dip With A. tumefaciens

A. tumefaciens mediated gene transfer

Biolistic Bombardment

References

Maize (Zea mays L.)

LB-UbiP-GFP- nosT-RB

0.86% (3.38% with ovary drip)

3.30%

5 to 50

5 to 40

Bennetzen and Hake, 2009; Mu et al., 2012; Yang et al., 2009

Soybean (Glycine max L.)

LB-35SP- smGFP-nosTRB

0.97% (3.00% with ovary drip)

----

4.29 to 18

9

Huang et al., 1999; Zhang et al., 2017

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

LB-hpt/nptIIRB (pCAMBIA1301/2301)

15.3% & 1.9%

0.7% - 0.17%

15

0.71

Bibi et al., 2013; TianZi et al., 2010; Ali et al., 2015; Jin et al., 2005; Rajasekaran, 2013

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

35SP-CryIA-nosT

1.13% to 1.21%

0.3 to 0.6%

1 to 30

20

Agarwal et al., 2009; Hou et al., 2003; Risacher et al., 2009; Wright et al., 2001

Melon

(Cucumis melo L.)

LB-35SPACO1 (antisense)-nosTRB

0.70%

0.1 to 10.6

1

Castelblanque et al., 2008; Gaba et al., 1992; Hao et al., 2011

Watermelon

(Citrullus lanatus Thumb.)

35SP-GUS-nosT-Squash DNA

5.00%

10.28

1 to 17

Chen et al., 1998; Li et al., 2012;

Suratman et al., 2010

Papaya

(Cariza Papaya L.)

35SP-PRSVCPPRSVCP (antisense)ocsT

8.90%

1.6 to 26.3

27

Jiang et al., 2004; Souza Júnior, 2005; Wei et al., 2008

Walnut

(Juglans regia L.)

LB-nosT-GUS-UbiP- 35SHPT-nosT-RB

20.70%

15

Bosela et al., 2004; Shi et al., 2012

Onion (Allium cepa L.)

35SP-Luciferase-nosT

12% to 5%

1.95

4.67

Peffley et al., 2003; Xu et al., 2014; Zheng et al., 2001