Brown planthopper (BPH, Nilaparvata lugens Stål) is a serious pest of rice that significantly decreasesrice yield in Indonesia. Planting resistant varieties is an easy, inexpensive, effective, environmentally friendly, and in accordance with the concept of integrated pest management, and hence breeders continuously attempt todevelop resistant varieties to this pest. The objective of this study was to determine the resistance segregation of F 2 plants derived from Ciherang/Swarnalata cross. The study was preceded by selection of candidate parents and followed by an evaluation of test method developed for individually potted and infested seedlings on artificial segregating populations.Standard seedbox mass screening technique of twelve differential and improved rice varieties consistently identified Ciherang and Swarnalata as susceptible and resistantto BPHpopulations originated from Klaten (Central Java) and Banyuwangi (East Java), respectively. Resistance evaluation of artifical F 2 and BC 1 F 2 progenies of Ciherang/Swarnalata crossusing individually potted and infested seedlings method could demonstrated that the segregation patterns of artificial progenies were in accordance with the mixture ratios of resistant and susceptible varieties, i.e. 3 : 1 or 1 : 3 and 1 : 1 assuming inheritance pattern of monohybrid dominant or recessive in F 2 and monoybrid dominant BC 1 F 2 populations, respectively. Resistance test of 125 F 2 plants derived from Ciherang/Swarnalata cross using the developed test method showed that the plants segregated into 3 : 1 ratio for resistance and susceptible, indicating that BPH resistance in the donor parent was controlled by a single major dominant gene. The resistant F 2 plants needs to be confirmed by molecular markers to ascertain the introgression of the resistance gene and tested for their resistance in advanced generation.Keywords: Segregation, rice, resistance, brown planthopper.
ABSTRAKWereng batang cokelat (WBC, Nilaparvata lugens Stål) merupakan hama yang menurunkan produktivitas padi secara signifikan di Indonesia. Penanaman varietas tahan merupakan cara yang mudah, murah, efektif, ramah lingkungan, dan sesuai dengan konsep pengendalian hama terpadu sehingga pemulia berupaya mengembangkan varietas tahan WBC. Penelitian bertujuan menguji ketahanan varietas padi untuk pemilihan calon tetua persilangan, menguji metode evaluasi ketahanan terhadap WBC pada individu tanaman untuk melengkapi metode yang telah ada, dan mempelajari segregasi populasi persilangan dari tetua terpilih. Penapisan ketahanan dua belas varietas padi diferensial dan unggul menggunakan teknik skrining massal baku dalam bak benih menunjukkan bahwa Ciherang/Swarnalata secara berurutan konsisten rentan dan tahan terhadap WBC populasi Klaten (Jawa Tengah) dan Banyuwangi (Jawa Timur) sehingga dipilih sebagai tetua persilangan. Metode evaluasi ketahanan tanaman yang ditanam dan diinfestasi dengan nimfa WBC secara individual pada tiga populasi simulasi persilangan Ciherang/Swarnalata berhasil menentukan pol...