G. A. Wattimena

Transformasi Genetik Tanaman Kentang cv. Atlantik Dengan Mengintroduksikan Gen Hordothionin untuk Mendapatkan Ketahanan terhadap Penyakit Bakteri

Hordothionins are small anti-bacteria proteins present in barley endosperm, To reveal the potential of this proteins for engineering bacterial disease resistance into potato, a semi-synthetic hordothionin gene construct was introduced in potato cv. Atlantic via Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA 4404, under the control of a cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 358 promotor. The in vitro grown stem (internodus) was used in this research. After 6 weeks in regeneration medium and 2 weeks in rooting medium there were 22 regenerated plants that were screened in kanamycine containing medium. PCR analysis using spesific primer from CaMV 358 promotor showed the presence of amplified T-DNA in 4 transgenic lines from 22 putative transgenic plants were tested, The in vitro toxicity against Ralstonia solanacearum tested from transgenic lines showed variation in resistance level, There were only 2 of the transgenic lines were tolerant, while one of them was moderate tolerant even one of them was susceptible. Key words: Potato, Hordothionin gene, Disease resistance

Perakitan Kultivar Kentang Unggul Indonesia secara Cepat dengan Metode Turunan Klonal Biji Tunggal dan Pra - Evaluasi Secara In Vitro

At least ten years needed to abtain new potato cultivar through sexual hybridization, somatic hybridization or through genetic transformation, To short cut this process, Laboratory of Biotechnology, Department of Agronomy, IPB employed a strategy so called single seed in vitro clonal decent ( SSICD) by usings elected parental lines for TPS (True Potato Seed) production. This breeding consist of in vitro pre evaluation for resistance wilt, fusarium wilt, black leg, rot knot nematode and maturity. Using the same number of bacterial cell / (10 9 cell/ml), there were positive correlation between in vitro test for disease resistance through dripping test or dripping test with greenhouse test through direct inoculation of Ralstonia solanancearum. Resistant clones to fusarium wilt and verticillium were also resistant to bacterial wilt. In vitro tuberization could be use to evaluate maturity of potato cultivar. Key words: Potato, SSICD