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May 29, 2009
Source:
CropBiotech Update
Scientists at the
Indonesian Center
for Agricultural Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Research
and Development, Bogor, Indonesia have successfully
introduced the proteinase inhibitor II (pin II) gene to a
soybean variety through the particle bombardment technique.
Pin II gene is implicated in the defense mechanisms of many crop
species.
Two plants of soybean variety Wilis (WP1, WP2) and three plants
of the Tidar variety (TP1, TP2, TP3) produced transgenic plants.
However, molecular analysis of these regenerated plants using
the polymerase chain reaction technique showed that only WP2
contained the pinll gene.
Further evaluation of this positively transformed plant will be
conducted and more transgenic plants will be generated in the
future.
More information on this research can be obtained from
http://digilib.biologi.lipi.go.id/view.html?idm=30140.
For information on biotechnology in Indonesia, contact Dewi
Suryani of the IndoBIC at
dewisuryani@biotrop.org.
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