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Assessment of the Genetic Variability and Fibre Composition of Gamma Ray induced Mutant Lines of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)

Nor Yusliza Kamaruddin and Shamsiah Abdullah

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 25, Issue S, March 2017

Keywords: Gamma rays, mutation, RAPD, Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Published on: 05 Dec 2017

This study looked at mutagenic effectiveness of gamma rays d on two varieties of Zingiber officinale Roscoe: Bentong and Tanjung Sepat. The rhizomes were exposed to different doses (0, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 Gy) using Caesium-137 as source of the gamma rays. The effect of different gamma doses on the crude fibre composition of irradiated ginger was studied and genetic variability was assessed using molecular marker technique, RAPD. Findings showed different doses of gamma rays could induce variability in these two ginger varieties and the effect was found to be variety-dependent. Bentong variety irradiated with 9 Gy recorded 8.53% of crude fibre composition while Tanjung Sepat irradiated ginger with 5 Gy recorded 8.70% of crude fibre which gave the lowest composition compared with other irradiated ginger. A total of nine different arbitrary decamers were used as primers to amplify DNA from mutant plant material to assess their polymorphism level of ginger mutant lines. Polymorphism of all mutant lines was 97.62% indicating that there were significant changes in genetic sequences in irradiated ginger genotypes.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

Article ID

JST-S0183-2016

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