MEDIA KONSERVASI
Vol 3 No 1 (1990): Media Konservasi

Possibilities of Cultivating Edelweis with Stem Cuttings

Arif Aliadi (Unknown)
Ervizal A. M Zuhud (Unknown)
Edje Djamhuri (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Jan 2011

Abstract

Edelweis (Anaphalis javanica) is a flowering plant which lives naturally at the peak of Mt. Pangrango.The flowers of this rare plant are beautiful and many people are attracted to take it.The Edelweis has an ecological role, i.e. supplying food for several insect types which feed on nectar, the living place of several types of mosses and its root system form a mycorrhizae system with a fungus and its branches also function as the nesting place of several types of birds.This study has the objectives to seek the possibilities of Edelweis breeding through stem cuttings using the research plan of complete random factorial.From this study the following results has been obtained : the number of living cuttings after 16 weeks of planting are 153 cuttings out of 240 cuttings planted or it amounts to 63.75%.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

konservasi

Publisher

Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences Education

Description

Media Konservasi is a scientific journal in the field of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation and the first in Indonesia to discuss issues about conservation. Media Konservasi is published three times a year in April, August, and December. Media Konservasi is committed to publishing good ...