Judul: Ekspresi Gen CsNitr1-L pada Padi Transgenik dan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Variasi Pemupukan Nitrogen
Abstrak: RSARI and SUSTIPRIJATNO. Nitrogen is one of macroessential nutrients needed by rice. Half of nitrogen applied to plants lost due to evaporation, denitrification, and leaching. CsNitr1-L is a gene encodes nitrite transporter in plants, which transfers nitrite from cytosol into chloroplast. This research has been done to measure expression rate from CsNitr1-L gene on F2B3 transgenic rice and to determine optimum fertilizer amount. Research started by phenotype selection using 20 mM KNO2. DNA from rice leaves amplified using PCR with 35 S primer. Plants contained CsNitr1-L gene was fertilized summed equal with 0, 100, 200, and 300 kg/ha on field, respectively. Total RNA from rice leaves was isolated and was reversetranscriptased to cDNA. CsNitr1-L gene expression was analysed using Real Time PCR with actin as reference and unfertilized nontransgenic rice as calibrator. Result shown that transgenic rice with 100, 200,and 300 kg/ha fertilization, respectively, had gene expression up to 42-50 times compared to calibrator. While transgenic rice without fertilization had gene expression up to 99 times compared to calibrator. Optimum amount of fertilizer to stimulate pinnacle gene expression was found out to be around 0-100 kg/ha. Gene expression of undetected shows nitrite transporter gene was inactive.
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Judul: Ekspresi Fenotipe Padi Transgenik Pembawa Gen CsNitr1-L terhadap Variasi Pemupukan Nitrogen
Abstrak: Ammonium is the major nitrogen source in rice. Nitrate assimilation pathway can be modified by introducing CsNitr1-L gene encoding nitrite transporter to increase the rate of nitrate and nitrite transport. The more efficienct nitrogen absorbtion can increase plant productivity. The aim of this research was to determine the phenotype expression of CsNitr1-L gene of transgenic rice on various doses of nitrogen fertilization. Transgenic rice seed was selected by nitrite solution 30 mM and PCR. Transgenic plants treated with four different concentration of urea fertilizer (0, 100, 200, and 300 kg/ha), experience were done in three replicates. Result shown that there were significant corelation (P<0.05) between dosage and rice varieties to all response variables. The most efficient nitrogen absorbtion of transgenic rice was 37.84% on doses 100 kg/ha. This doses produced growth of 80.07 cm plant height, tiller number as many as 10.71 stem, panicle number as many as 16, and grain yield of 43.72 g/grove. Non-transgenic rice generate growth and good results with a dose of 200 kg/ha.
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Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii