Effect of acute gamma irradiation towards morphological characteristics, genetic variations and stevioside compound of Stevia rebaudiana / Aida Khalida Hamdan

Stevia rebaudiana is a short-day plant that would generate flower early under a constant day length less than 12 hours in Malaysia. The main problem of stevia in Malaysia is its photoperiod sensitive trait that could stop producing more leaf biomass and resulting in low content of steviol glycosides...

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Main Author: Hamdan, Aida Khalida
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Published: 2023
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spelling my-uitm-ir.910442024-03-18T00:56:09Z Effect of acute gamma irradiation towards morphological characteristics, genetic variations and stevioside compound of Stevia rebaudiana / Aida Khalida Hamdan 2023 Hamdan, Aida Khalida Stevia rebaudiana is a short-day plant that would generate flower early under a constant day length less than 12 hours in Malaysia. The main problem of stevia in Malaysia is its photoperiod sensitive trait that could stop producing more leaf biomass and resulting in low content of steviol glycosides compound. Cultivation of stevia in Malaysia is a challenge due to the lack of suitable variety that suit the local condition. Therefore, development of new stevia variety is needed. The method applied was acute gamma irradiation with six doses (50 Gy, 100 Gy, 250 Gy, 325 Gy, 400 Gy and 500 Gy) to investigate the effect of radiation on stevia seeds. The qualitative and quantitative analysis were carried out to determine the changes of morphological traits of irradiated stevia. The LD50 value was at 182 Gy indicated that 50% of irradiated stevia seedlings would die if exposed to more than 182 Gy. The number of days for seed to germinate varied in all treatments and none of the seedlings survived at 400 Gy and 500 Gy of irradiation. The plant height recorded was highest in treatment 50 Gy (142.0cm±1.98). Meanwhile, for other parameters such as the number of leaves, the number of branches were decreased as the dose increases. The parameter mentioned on 250 Gy and 325 Gy obtained decreased in numbers as the doses were exceed the LD50. The findings of this study suggest that doses of radiation range below than 325 Gy were recommended for the improvement of stevia by acute gamma irradiation. Next, study on genetic variation and steviol glycosides content were carried out to evaluate the effect of gamma irradiation on the stevia plant. The study on molecular analysis was performed using PCR based ISSR marker to assess the genetic variation of the irradiated stevia by using ten ISSR primers. Based on the observation, ISSR molecular analysis generated 81.48% of genetic polymorphism and showed 18.52% on monomorphism. 2023 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/91044/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/91044/1/91044.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology Abdullah, Shamsiah
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description Stevia rebaudiana is a short-day plant that would generate flower early under a constant day length less than 12 hours in Malaysia. The main problem of stevia in Malaysia is its photoperiod sensitive trait that could stop producing more leaf biomass and resulting in low content of steviol glycosides compound. Cultivation of stevia in Malaysia is a challenge due to the lack of suitable variety that suit the local condition. Therefore, development of new stevia variety is needed. The method applied was acute gamma irradiation with six doses (50 Gy, 100 Gy, 250 Gy, 325 Gy, 400 Gy and 500 Gy) to investigate the effect of radiation on stevia seeds. The qualitative and quantitative analysis were carried out to determine the changes of morphological traits of irradiated stevia. The LD50 value was at 182 Gy indicated that 50% of irradiated stevia seedlings would die if exposed to more than 182 Gy. The number of days for seed to germinate varied in all treatments and none of the seedlings survived at 400 Gy and 500 Gy of irradiation. The plant height recorded was highest in treatment 50 Gy (142.0cm±1.98). Meanwhile, for other parameters such as the number of leaves, the number of branches were decreased as the dose increases. The parameter mentioned on 250 Gy and 325 Gy obtained decreased in numbers as the doses were exceed the LD50. The findings of this study suggest that doses of radiation range below than 325 Gy were recommended for the improvement of stevia by acute gamma irradiation. Next, study on genetic variation and steviol glycosides content were carried out to evaluate the effect of gamma irradiation on the stevia plant. The study on molecular analysis was performed using PCR based ISSR marker to assess the genetic variation of the irradiated stevia by using ten ISSR primers. Based on the observation, ISSR molecular analysis generated 81.48% of genetic polymorphism and showed 18.52% on monomorphism.
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author Hamdan, Aida Khalida
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Effect of acute gamma irradiation towards morphological characteristics, genetic variations and stevioside compound of Stevia rebaudiana / Aida Khalida Hamdan
author_facet Hamdan, Aida Khalida
author_sort Hamdan, Aida Khalida
title Effect of acute gamma irradiation towards morphological characteristics, genetic variations and stevioside compound of Stevia rebaudiana / Aida Khalida Hamdan
title_short Effect of acute gamma irradiation towards morphological characteristics, genetic variations and stevioside compound of Stevia rebaudiana / Aida Khalida Hamdan
title_full Effect of acute gamma irradiation towards morphological characteristics, genetic variations and stevioside compound of Stevia rebaudiana / Aida Khalida Hamdan
title_fullStr Effect of acute gamma irradiation towards morphological characteristics, genetic variations and stevioside compound of Stevia rebaudiana / Aida Khalida Hamdan
title_full_unstemmed Effect of acute gamma irradiation towards morphological characteristics, genetic variations and stevioside compound of Stevia rebaudiana / Aida Khalida Hamdan
title_sort effect of acute gamma irradiation towards morphological characteristics, genetic variations and stevioside compound of stevia rebaudiana / aida khalida hamdan
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology
publishDate 2023
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/91044/1/91044.pdf
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