MANAJEMEN HUTAN TROPIKA Journal of Tropical Forest Management
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2003)

Some Factors Affecting Seed Viability of Leucaena leucocephala (Lmk. de Witt.)

Darma, I.G.K. Tapa (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Jan 2011

Abstract

This study objective to determine (1) when appropriate harvesting peas, (2) methods of seed extraction by drying, (3) fungal pathogen attack young Leucaena leucocephala seed pods. Time proper harvesting is 62 days after flower buds. At this time reached the highest seed germination of 97.25%. Drying by blowing warm air without producing the lowest open pods compared with a gust of air drying with hot air blowing, the number of pods open: 20% of the pods No. 9; 21% of the pods No. 10; and 41% of the pod No .11 with the relative seed germination highest compared with other drying the second consecutive 87.13%, 44.25%, and 19.75%. However, the germination of seeds from the seed extraction method by blowing air without heating is still lower than the control. Pathogen fungus that attacks the seeds were Aspergillus sp. Alternaria sp., Pythium sp., and one unidentified species.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jmht

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika is a periodic scientific articles and conceptual thinking of tropical forest management covering all aspects of forest planning, forest policy, utilization of forest resources, forest ergonomics, forest ecology, forest inventory, silviculture, and management of ...