Effect of snail extract for seedpriming on the growth and yield of indigenous chili of Katokkon (Capsicum chinense Jacq)

Abstract

This study aims to determine the best response for growth and yield of 3 variants of indigenous katokkon chili to seedpriming treatment using snail extract, and to determine the best concentration of golden snail extract in katokkon chili seed immersion treatment. This research was conducted in Tallangsura Village, at an altitude 900 m asl, Regency of Tana Toraja of South Sulawesi Province. The research was arranged in a Split Plot Design experiment which consisted of 2 factors, the first factor as the main factor was the katokkon seed variant (g) which consisted of: Limbong Sampolo landrace, Leatung 1 landrace, Leatung 2 landrace. While the second factor as subplots, namely the concentration of the snail extract solution for seed priming (p) which consists of three levels, namely: control (without snail extract solution, 5 ml.L−1 and 15 ml.L−1. The results showed that the interaction between the treatment of chili varieties and the concentration of immersion did not affect the growth and yield of Katokkon chili plants. The use of the Leatung 2 Katokkon chili landrace gave the best effect on the parameters of plant height (24.62 cm), productive branches (5.53 branches), number of fruit (3.72 fruit), fruit weight harvested (8.05), and fruit length (20.22 mm). Treatment of snail extract immersion concentration of 15 ml.L−1 gave the best effect on fruit diameter parameters (17.8 mm). On the germination parameters, the concentration of 20 ml.L−1 showed the best percentage of germination, namely 67%.