Mitra Sains
Vol 8 No 2 (2020): September

Strategi Peningkatan Kualitas Bibit Cengkeh Melalui Inovasi Ukuran Benih Dan Media Tanam

Tuti Handayani Arifin (Universitas Tadulako)
Zainuddin Basri (Universitas Tadulako)
Maemunah Maemunah (Universitas Tadulako)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2020

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of different seed sizes and planting media on the growth of clove seedlings. This research was conducted in the experimental station of the Faculty of Agriculture, Tadulako University from January to July 2019. This research was in the form of field trials and was designed with a split plot design with the main plot being the type of planting media consisting of 1) sawdust, 2) compost and 3) cocopeat. The subplots consist of large, medium, and small seeds. There were nine treatment combinations and each combination was repeated three times so that in total there were 27 experimental units. The results showed that there was an interaction effects between seed size and type of planting media. The best seed size treatment is found in large seed sizes. Sawdust media produces plant height, number of leaves aged 2,4,6 MST, stem diameter and wet weight of plants aged 8 MST higher than other planting media.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MitraSains

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

Mitra Sains (E-ISSN: 2686-6579 ISSN: 2302-2027) is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal in agricultural sciences and agricultural economics. The Mitra Sains is published by Tadulako University in March and September. Mitra Sains invites high-quality research/review articles for ...