
	Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences
	Year: 2014 \| Volume: 17 \| Issue: 4 \| Page No.: 472-481 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2014.472.481

Plant Genetic Transformation Efficiency of Selected Malaysian Rice Based on Selectable Marker Gene (hptII)

Nwe Nwe Htwe, Ho Chai Ling, Faridah Qamaruz Zaman and Mahmood Maziah

Abstract: Rice is one of the most important cereal crops with great potential for biotechnology progress. In transformation method, antibiotic resistance genes are routinely used as powerful markers for selecting transformed cells from surrounding non-transformed cells. In this study, the toxicity level of hygromycin was optimized for two selected mutant rice lines, MR219 line 4 and line 9. The mature embryos were isolated and cultured on an MS medium with different hygromycin concentrations (0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 mg L^-1). Evidently, above 60 mg L^-1 was effective for callus formation and observed completely dead. Further there were tested for specific concentration (0-60). Although, 21.28% calli survived on the medium containing 45 mg L^-1 hygromycin, it seemed suitable for the identification of putative transformants. These findings indicated that a system for rice transformation in a relatively high frequency and the transgenes are stably expressed in the transgenic plants. Green shoots were regenerated from the explant under hygromycin stress. RT-PCR using hptII and gus sequence specific primer and Southern blot analysis were used to confirm the presence of the transgene and to determine the transformation efficiency for their stable integration in regenerated plants. This study demonstrated that the hygromycin resistance can be used as an effective marker for rice transformation.

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How to cite this article:

Nwe Nwe Htwe, Ho Chai Ling, Faridah Qamaruz Zaman and Mahmood Maziah, 2014. Plant Genetic Transformation Efficiency of Selected Malaysian Rice Based on Selectable Marker Gene (hptII). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 17: 472-481.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2014.472.481

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2014.472.481

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