Aplikasi Bioteknologi dalam Pengendalian Aspergillus flavus dan Mitigasi Kontaminasi Aflatoksin pada Kacang Tanah (Arachis hypogaea L.)

Penulis

Auliya Safitri , Muhammad Sarjan , Muhammad Taufik Fauzi , Pending Dadih Permana

Diterbitkan:

2026-01-19

Terbitan:

Vol 1 No 3 (2025): JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Kata Kunci:

Aflatoksin, Bioteknologi, CRISPR, Gene Silencing, Kacang Tanah, RNAi

Artikel

Cara Mengutip

Safitri, A., Sarjan, M., Fauzi, M. T., & Permana, P. D. (2026). Aplikasi Bioteknologi dalam Pengendalian Aspergillus flavus dan Mitigasi Kontaminasi Aflatoksin pada Kacang Tanah (Arachis hypogaea L.). Journal of Multidisciplinary Science and Natural Resource Management , 1(3), 53–61. Diambil dari https://jurnalpasca.unram.ac.id/index.php/jom/article/view/1438

Abstrak

Aflatoksin merupakan mikotoksin karsinogenik yang dihasilkan oleh jamur Aspergillus flavus dan A. parasiticus.

Kontaminasi senyawa ini paling banyak dijumpai pada kacang tanah di wilayah tropis, termasuk Indonesia. Kajian ini

bertujuan mengevaluasi berbagai pendekatan bioteknologi dalam mengendalikan A. flavus sekaligus menekan kontaminasi

aflatoksin pada kacang tanah (Arachis hypogaea L.). Metode yang digunakan ialah Systematic Literature Review (SLR)

dengan menganalisis 11 jurnal ilmiah yang terbit pada rentang tahun 2015 hingga 2025. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa

teknologi Host-Induced Gene Silencing (HIGS) mampu menekan kontaminasi aflatoksin hingga kurang dari 20 ppb melalui

pembungkaman gen aflM dan aflP. Teknologi RNA interference (RNAi) dengan plasmid p5XCAPD berhasil menghambat

produksi aflatoksin B1 dan B2 hingga 100% pada galur transgenik. Pendekatan CRISPR/Cas9 juga menunjukkan potensi

dalam menyunting gen biosintesis aflatoksin serta meningkatkan ketahanan tanaman. Pendekatan genomik dan proteomik

berhasil mengidentifikasi gen-gen kunci seperti LOX, NBS-LRR, dan protein PR yang berperan dalam mekanisme ketahanan.

Perpaduan strategi pengendalian pra-panen dan pasca-panen dengan pendekatan bioteknologi memberikan harapan besar

untuk menekan kontaminasi aflatoksin secara efektif dan berkelanjutan.

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Biografi Penulis

Auliya Safitri, Program Studi Magister Pertanian Lahan Kering, Pascasarjana Universitas Mataram, Kota Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat 83115, Indonesia

Muhammad Sarjan, Program Studi Magister Pertanian Lahan Kering, Pascasarjana Universitas Mataram, Kota Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat 83115, Indonesia

Muhammad Taufik Fauzi, Program Studi Magister Pertanian Lahan Kering, Pascasarjana Universitas Mataram, Kota Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat 83115, Indonesia

Pending Dadih Permana, Program Studi Magister Pertanian Lahan Kering, Pascasarjana Universitas Mataram, Kota Mataram, Nusa Tenggara Barat 83115, Indonesia

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