Recent Insight into Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biotechnology, Dr. Merve YILMAZER ve Dr. Sevgi Maraklı, Editör, Gaziantep Üniversitesi Yayınları, Gaziantep, ss.134-157, 2023
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been commonly used in many industries such as medicine, food, textile, electronics and agriculture. Improvement of nanotechnology provides more opportunities in many fields. On the other hand, genetic and epigenetic concerns as a result of toxicity of NPs have increased. In this study, it was aimed to examine the effect of commercially produced AgNPs with different concentrations (2.5 ppm, 5 ppm, 10 ppm and 20 ppm) at 15 and 30 days on the movement of Hopi and Osr30 retrotransposons in Kızıltan and Kızıltan mutant cultivars by using two retrotransposon-based markers: IRAP and REMAP. We calculated 0-51% polymorphism for Hopi and 0-43% polymorphism for Osr30. Moreover, it was observed that polymorphism rates were 0-63% for Osr30-ISSR1 and 0-67% for Osr30-ISSR2 as a result of REMAP analyses. The results showed that there were varying polymorphism ratios depending on the dose of AgNP, duration of exposure, and rice varieties. Obtaining results are expected to contribute to understand how AgNP-plant interactions effects on retrotransposon mobility.