Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology
Vol 17, No 2 (2012)

Selection of Phalaenopsis amabilis L. Blume Orchid Resistance to Hygromycin

Ixora Sartika Mercuriani (Doctoral Program of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Aziz Purwantoro (Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Sukarti Moeljopawiro (Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Seonghoe Jang (Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center,Academia Sinica Biotechnology Center Southern Taiwan, Tainan County, Taiwan, Republic of China)
Endang Semiarti (Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Dec 2012

Abstract

Examination of Phalaenopsis amabilis orchid resistance to hygromycin antibiotic is an important step to doprior to Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation in this orchids using Hygromycin phosphotransferase(HPT) gene as a selection marker in the T-DNA that harboring a desired gene to be transfered. We exposedthe plant on hygromycin containing medium. The experiment was conducted using 6 weeks old P. amabilisprotocorms. These protocorms were subcultured onto NP medium supplemented with various concentrationof Hygromycin (0, 5, 10, 20, 1nd 40 mg/l). The number of survival protocorms were examined every week for4 weeks after subcultured (WAS). The resistancy of hygromycin was calculated as ratio of death protocormsper total protocorms). The result showed that 10 mg/l hygromycin with 1 weeks of application caused deathclose to LD 50. This data indicate that P. amabilis resistance to hygromycin treatment on the appropriateconcentration 10 mg/l, and this concentration can be used for other purposes in orchid system.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijbiotech

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Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology Materials Science & Nanotechnology

Description

The Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology (IJBiotech) is an open access, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of novel research in all aspects of biotechnology, with particular attention paid to the exploration and development of natural products derived from ...