Characterization of Sugar Plant Seeds (Arenga pinnata Merr.) from Several Locations in Banten Province and Their Growth Response to the Provision of Liquid Organic Fertilizers

Abstract

This study was aimed to observe the characterization of palm seeds (Arenga pinnata Merr.) from several locations in Banten as well as their growth response to the provision of liquid organic fertilizer. A research was conducted in two stages, namely the first stage was characterization of Sugar plant seeds from different locations by using a quantitative description method and the second stage was the study used an experimental design namely Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD), with two Factors. The first Factor was Research Location (L), that was consisted of: Serang Regency Research Location (L1), Pandeglang Regency Research Location (L2), and Lebak Regency (L3). The second factor was the Type of Liquid Organic Fertilizer, that was consisted of: Liquid Organic Fertilizer of NAP type (P1), Molasses Liquid Organic Fertilizer (P2), and Liquid Organic Fertilizer of Bioconversion type (P3). The results showed that from 54 accessions of palm seedlings had a genetic coefficient value ranging from 0.33 to 1.00, which had two clusters, A with a genetic coefficient value of 0.80 or about 80% and cluster B with a coefficient value of 0.60 or about 60% which means they had a very close resemblance. A3 (Serang District) and C15 (Lebak Regency) were samples from different locations with different liquid organic fertilizer treatments but they had close similarities. The result also indicated of the combination of treatment from the location of the research with the type of liquid organic fertilizer showed that the origin of the location had a significant effect to all observed parameters of the origin of the location and there was no significant effect to the type of liquid organic fertilizer and the interaction of the origin of the location and the type of liquid organic fertilizer to all observed parameters.