Aristya GR, Kasiamdari RS, Setyoningrum R, Larasati B. 2019. Genetic variations of strawberry cultivars of Fragaria x ananassa and Fragaria vesca based on RAPD. Biodiversitas 20: 770-775. In Indonesia, the increasing market demand for strawberries (Fragaria spp.) is not comparable to increased strawberry productivity. One of the efforts made to increase strawberry productivity with superior quality is plant breeding. The purpose of this research was to determine the genetic variation, lineage, and similarity index in some strawberry cultivars using molecular markers of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Eleven strawberry cultivar samples were taken from Indonesian Citrus and Subtropical Fruits Research Institute (Balitjestro), Batu City, East Java, Indonesia and Strawberry Agritourism in Banyuroto Village, Magelang District, Central Java, Indonesia. DNA isolation using modified CTAB buffer method. DNA amplification using PCR-RAPD method with 5 primers, namely UBC-516, UBC-594, OPA 10, OPA 16, and OPG 11. Strawberry lineage dendrogram construction was analyzed with clustering of Unweight Pair-Group Using Arithmetic Average (UPGMA) software Multi-Variate Statistical Average (MVSP). The research results showed that the 5 RAPD primers used in 11 strawberry cultivars produced 30 polymorphic DNA bands and 20 monomorphic DNA bands so it can be concluded that the genetic variation among 11 strawberry cultivars can be detected using RAPD molecular markers. The lineage of 11 strawberry cultivars that have the highest similarity index is found in Earlibrite and Rosalinda II cultivars of 98.85%.

Arif MF, Aristya GR, Kasiamdari RS. 2019. Genetic diversity of strawberry cultivars in Banyuroto, Magelang, Indonesia based on Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Sequence. Biodiversitas 20: 1721-1728. Banyuroto Village, Magelang, Central Java is the center of strawberry (Fragaria spp.) development and cultivation program. The mild climate makes the location very suitable for developing sub-tropic horticulture such as strawberry. Various kinds of cultivars have been developed as part of the agrotourism program. However, genetic variation research of those cultivars is still rarely done. Therefore, the molecular study of strawberry was conducted to determine the genetic variation using CAPS markers. DNA of Five strawberry cultivars from Banyuroto and seven strawberry cultivars from Indonesian Citrus and Subtropical Fruits Research Institute, Malang were isolated using the CTAB method. DNA amplification was performed by PCR using four pairs of primers named APx, OLP, F3H2, and CTI2. The amplification results were cut with three kinds of restriction endonuclease enzymes named MboI, MluI, and TaqI. Restriction product was used to analyze the genetic variation of twelve cultivars and to construct the dendrogram using MVSP software with the UPGMA algorithm. The result showed that the percentage of polymorphic was 45% from 9 polymorphic bands. Dendrogram result showed that there were four clusters. Cluster A consists of Stroberi Hitam, Cluster B consists of Californica Cultivars, cluster C consists of Osso Grande and Osso Purbalingga cultivars, and cluster D consists of Rosalinda, Deeprose, Dorit, Earlibrite, Tristar, Festival, Brastagi, and Aerut. This research concluded that CAPS markers can be used as a method for study genetic diversity of strawberries.

Indonesia is known as a country rich in various agricultural and plantation products, including vegetables. One effort to improve quality of the production by identifying and characterizing chromosomes. The purpose study to characterize number, shape and size of the chromosomes in Solanaceae family. The study using modified Squash method. Chromosome preparation including fixation, maceration, staining, and analyzed using Image Raster 3 application, then Corel Draw X6. The results showed study to characterize the number, shape and size in the Capsicum annum L. Tm 999 (2n=20m+4sm and 2,41 s/d 9,99 µm) then Capsicum frutescens L. Kencana (2n=16m+8sm and 3,12 s/d 10,49 µm). In Solanum lycopersicum Or Diana and Marta (2n=16m+8sm and 3,12 s/d 10,49 µm) then (2n=22m+2sm and 2,65 s/d 7,28 μm). In Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Juliet and Tropical Ruby (2n=18m+6sm and 0,77 s/d 1,81 μm) then (2n=20m+4sm and 0,39 s/d 0,94 μm). Solanum melongena L. Or Valerie and Mustang (2n=24m and 0.29 s/d 0.87 μm) then (2n=22m+2sm and 0,5 s/d 1.28 μm). In Solanum melongena L. Kania and Pulus (2n=20m+4sm and 0.64 s/d 3.43 μm) then (2n=16m+8sm and 0.84 s/d 2.51 μm). In Solanum melongena L. Jeno and Planet Hijau (2n=18m+6sm and 0.65 s/d 2.423 μm) then (2n=14m+10sm and 0.46 s/d 1.73 μm). In Capsicum annum var. Grossum L. Red Star and Purple Star (2n=22m+2sm and 3.19 s/d 8.49 μm) then (2n=24m and 5.5 s/d 11.92 μm).

Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is the main crop of sugar and one of the main resources for consumption of Indonesian society. Government of Indonesia, which supports self-sufficiency targeting enough amount of sugar, high quality and low price in Indonesia. Indonesian Sweetener and Fibre Crops Research Institute (ISFRI) Malang are one of research site agriculture in Indonesia which specialize in sugarcane start from various researches to increase sugar cane production including sugarcane cultivation. Constraints that often encountered farmers in the process of sugarcane cultivation are a disruption of pest disease. Therefore, early prevention as an effort to control pests and diseases in sugarcane crops needed. Aims of this research were to find character of high quality sugar cane as a breeder of new varieties that are superior and resistant to pests and to analysis genetic variation of 20 varieties sugarcane based on RAPD molecular marker. This research was conducted in KP Karangploso, ISFRI Malang, East Java. The method used is observation and identification on germplasm of sugarcane; each variety was analysed descriptively and numerical phenetic with the similarity of simple matching coefficient (Ssm) and simple Jaccard coefficient (Sj). The character of each variety of germplasm had its own advantages. Genetic variation based on RAPD of 20 varieties shown taxonomical relation between varieties. The results showed that 20 varieties of characterized sugarcane morphology that expected tolerant of pest were in the upstream form of the cylindrical trunk segment, the moderate stem borders, the thick stem wick coat, the thick dorsal leaf hair, and the leaf exfoliate difficult. Variety of sugarcane number accession 475 SOFF 1208 shown the best pest tolerant morphologically and has the lowest percentage of pest attack to 0.29%. The result of ssm and sj shown that breeders suggested in the form of new varieties that are superior and resistant to pests according to most tolerant variety 475 SOFF 1208 are 350 SOFF 1082, 357 SOFF 1089, 360 SOFF 1092, 368 SOFF 1100, 454 SOFF 1186, 473 SOFF 1205, and 476 SOFF 1208.

The cultivation of strawberry needs of technological innovation to gain competitive advantage strawberry fruit quality and quantity. This is motivated because the decline in the production of strawberries in the area and quality of strawberry fruit is still low. Since 2012 until now, Laboratory of Genetics has identified and developed the character of phenotype and genotype of strawberry plants in Agro Banyuroto, Village Banyuroto Sawangan District of Magelang regency. Character genotypes studied through the identification of ploidy with cytogenetic approach and apply poliploidisasi technology that aims to double the number of sets of chromosomes in order to obtain a plant that has the character of superior phenotype compared with the control. The purpose of this activity was to awaken the capacity of communities that were able to develop and utilize natural resources to meet human needs while maintaining the environmental implementing action plans that lead to sustainable development in a sustainable manner. The method was executed in this activity was the cultivation of strawberries by exploiting natural resources Banyuroto village environment that was using bamboo, strawberry cultivation techniques with vertikultur systems. Moreover, the carrying capacity was also supported by the promotion of village tourism as central region Banyuroto strawberry cultivation of strawberries superior to tourists every week, promotion through Online system (in the network) by utilizing Information Technology and Computing and community empowerment with the diversification of food made from strawberries. The end result of this activity was obtained hallmarks of crops polyploidy were plant growth faster, the ability of the formation of stolons and nursery faster, leaf area and stem diameter was wider, the stem stout and roots were longer, the fruit produced was greater and a sweeter taste with more red fruit color. Innovation strawberry crop is expected to be followed by the cultivation of sustainable optimal as possible so that the results obtained are able to improve the welfare of farmers in Banyuroto strawberries.

Arif MF, Aristya GR, Subositi D, Sai AN, Kasiamdari RS. 2019. Short Communication: rbcL and matK chloroplast DNA composition of green chireta (Andrographis paniculata) from Indonesia. Biodiversitas 20: 3575-3583. Green chireta (Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees.) is often used by the traditional community as a medicinal herb in Indonesia. However, nucleotide study of green chireta from Indonesia has never been done. The objectives of this study were to analyze the rbcL and matK chloroplast gene composition of green chireta from Indonesia and to analyze the relationship with other Andrographis species. The result proved that all the DNA composition of green chireta used in this study was similar to the A. paniculata from GenBank. The rbcL composition was similar to A. paniculata KF521878, A. paniculata JQ922118, and A. paniculata JQ230990 from GenBank while the matK composition was similar to A. paniculata LC461762. Total 501 bp of rbcL and 639 bp of matK can be aligned produced 167 and 213 amino acid from translation. The amino acid translation result showed no different expression from rbcL genes but there was one sample expressed different translations from the matK gene. The phylogenetic tree was reconstructed using the Neighbor-Joining method with 1000 bootstrap values and the Kimura 2-Parameter (K2P) model in the MEGA7 software. Both rbcL and matK genes grouped the samples into the same clade as A. paniculata from GenBank. No variation was detected from the rbcL gene but two haplotypes were detected from the matK gene. This composition and sequence data serve as a database for Andrographis species from Indonesia which can be used for various studies.