Effect of Sucrose on in vitro Bud Multiplication of Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior)

Abstract

Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior (Jack) R. M. Smith) is plant material that can be used as a medicine, food, cosmetics, and bio-pesticides. The existence of torch ginger in nature is becoming more limited due to the utilization of health care services mainly as a medicine continues to increase. In conventionally, plant propagation of torch ginger is derived from a rhizome, but seedlings produced tend to have the level of low proliferation and susceptible to infections of soil pathogens. This research aimed to know the influence of sucrose and BAP concentration on bud growth of torch ginger in in vitro. The research was conducted in the Tissue Culture Laboratory Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung. Research method used was a descriptive design with experiment treatments i.e. sucrose (20 g/L, 40 g/L, and 60 g/L) and BAP (0 mg/L and 1 mg/L). The result showed that the use of sucrose 40 g/L + BAP 1 mg/L gave the best response to the shoot growth on 6 WAI and capable to produce green shoots on 8 WAI.