Identifikasi Jenis Gulma di Areal Pertanaman Pala (Myristica Fragrans) di Negeri Hatu Kecamatan Leihitu Barat Kabupaten Maluku Tengah

Abstract

One of the agricultural commodities in Indonesia which is a source of foreign exchange for the country is nutmeg. The nutmeg plant is a plant whose all parts can be widely utilized both on an industrial scale and to meet community needs. The yield of nutmeg is an export commodity that is very important for increasing the country's foreign exchange, but the lack of proper cultivation techniques, especially maintenance, results in the process of growth and production of nutmeg plants often experiencing disturbances. In addition there are also disturbances that come from wild plants called weeds. Weeds grow side by side with nutmeg plants, thereby disrupting the growth process of nutmeg plants and reducing nutmeg production. One of the causes of the decrease in nutmeg production in every planting area in Negeri Hatu, Central Maluku Regency, is weeds. Weeds are present in every nutmeg plantation area. The hypothesis put forward in this study is that there are various types of weeds, there are dominant weeds in the planting area, there are suggestions for proper weed control. This study uses the "vegetation survey" method to collect data with field observations. In carrying out the vegetation analysis, the quadratic method was used with sample plots measuring 1 m x 1 m, on 6 nutmeg trees and on each nutmeg tree 3 weed samples were taken so that a total of 18 weed samples were taken under the nutmeg plant canopy Quantitative data / primary data includes density , frequency and biomass. Observation of weeds was carried out destructively, namely the types of weeds in the sample plots were removed to calculate the individual and the biomass of each type.Keywords: vegetation analysis, dominant weeds, nutmeg