Abstract: The advantage of producing synthetic seeds of Ficus carica L. gives a new perspective to plant breeders to see that biotechnology is actually facilitating in improving the quality and productivity of the crops. Ficus carica L. is one of the first crop that have been grown by humans for economical purposes. Conventional propagation methods of Ficus carica L. through cuttings, grafting, and air-layering have been used since the beginning until now. Another alternative of propagating Ficus carica L. is through the production of synthetic seeds. The advantages of synthetic seeds production include various aspects such as production through aseptic tissue culture producing pathogen-free seeds, providing protection to enhance growth effectiveness in the external environment, and cloning that aimed for conservation and preservation as well as its in small size, easy to handle, to transport and also stored for specific purposes. The formation of consistent, uniformed and roundly shaped bead is influenced by the concentration of sodium alginate and the concentration of hydrated calcium chloride solution used. In this study, the optimal synthetic seeds of Ficus carica L. with consistent, strong, round and uniform size were successfully produced when 4% sodium alginate containing 1.0 mg/L Benzylaminopurine (BAP) was used as the explants’ encapsulation matrix. The synthetic seeds were germinated and new plantlets obtained were grown.
Keywords: Ficus carica L., tissue culture, synthetic seeds, encapsulated bead, in vitro.
Title: Production of Synthetic Seeds of Ficus carica L.
Author: Fadhlul Khaliq Ab Patah, Nor Azlina Hasbullah, Nur Shifa Radzuan, Husna Idris, Mohammad Mohd Lassim
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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