Parasponia andersonii is a fast-growing tropical tree that belongs to the Cannabis family (Cannabaceae) and can form nitrogen-fixing root nodules in association with the rhizobium. Here, we describe a detailed protocol for reverse genetic analyses in P. andersonii based on Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated stable transformation and CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing.
Wardhani, T. A., Roswanjaya, Y. P., Dupin, S., Li, H., Linders, S., Hartog, M., Geurts, R., van Zeijl, A. Transforming, Genome Editing and Phenotyping the Nitrogen-fixing Tropical Cannabaceae Tree Parasponia andersonii. J. Vis. Exp. (150), e59971, doi:10.3791/59971 (2019).