Abstract:A 1.5 kb fragment of ACC synthase cDNA fragment prepared from total RNA of.soybean was amplified by polymerase chain reaction(PCR)and cloned into pGEMR-T vector.The cloned ACC synthase gene was further inserted into a binary vector,pBin438,in an inverted orientation between the CaMV 35 S promoter and Nos 3′termination sequence(pBACS).Transgenic poplar plants were obtained by regenera— tion of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of leaves of Populus deltoides.PCR and Southern blotting analyses confirmed the integration of a single antisense ACC synthase gene in transformed poplar genome. The results form reverse transcription PCR(RT-PCR)of RNAs isolated from transgenic poplar leaves confimed that the antisense RNA of ACC synthase presented in these transgenic plants.The amount of ethylene released from transgenic poplar was reduced significantly to about 22%of that released from non-transformed control poplars.