Publication: Mutagenic effects of heavy-ion beam irradiation on in vitro nodal segments of Artemisia annua L.
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2014-01-01
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01676857
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Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. Vol.119, No.1 (2014), 131-139
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Phithak Inthima, Masahiro Otani, Tomoya Hirano, Yoriko Hayashi, Tomoko Abe, Masaru Nakano, Kanyaratt Supaibulwatana Mutagenic effects of heavy-ion beam irradiation on in vitro nodal segments of Artemisia annua L.. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. Vol.119, No.1 (2014), 131-139. doi:10.1007/s11240-014-0519-z Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/33107
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Mutagenic effects of heavy-ion beam irradiation on in vitro nodal segments of Artemisia annua L.
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© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Artemisia annua L. is a commercial source of artemisinin. Nevertheless, artemisinin content within the plant is relatively low and varies depending on genotype and environment. To broaden the genetic variability, the mutation effect of12C-ion beam irradiation on A. annua was examined. Irradiation at 2.5 Gy had a slight lethal effect to nodal segments while a noticeable lethal effect was observed at 5 and 10 Gy. Furthermore, at higher doses (20 and 50 Gy), a severe lethal effect was observed. Mutations at the DNA level of axillary bud-derived shoots were performed by RAPD. The mutation frequency at 10 Gy was about 1.7 and 2.1 times higher than that at 2.5 and 5 Gy, respectively. After growth and artemisinin production observation of 72 irradiated mutants, around 14 and 7 % of them showed higher artemisinin content and artemisinin yield compared to the controls, respectively. The highest artemisinin content in a mutant was 1.43 % DW, which was 3.2-fold higher than the original wild type. Additionally, the highest artemisinin yield in mutants was 3.68 mg/plant, which was around 1.4-fold higher than in the wild type. Moreover, irradiated mutants exhibited antibacterial activity against S. aureus, but the wild types did not. This study presents an effective application of heavy ion beam irradiation to create variations and improve artemisinin production in A. annua.