Abstract
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an agricultural commodity which is widely consumed by the community. The obstacle experienced in cultivation is that a relatively long dormancy period of about 6-7 months. The dormancy of garlic seeds occurs because the embryo has not yet been fully formed, and the growth hormone and inhibitory hormone are not balanced. The methods used to break dormancy and accelerate germination are by using corona incandescent plasma radiation and storage temperature. The research utilized factorial Completely Randomized Design (CRD), consisting of six treatments with five replications. The first factor was the corona incandescent plasma radiation carried out on the garlic seeds ‘Lumbu Kuning’ variety with time duration of 0, 15, and 30 minutes. The second factor was storage temperature comprising of room temperature and cold temperature of 7oC stored for 30 days. Viability parameters observed are germination percentage dan the length of sprouts. The data were analyzed by using ANOVA followed by the DMRT test at the 95% confidence level. The results showed that corona incandescent plasma radiation influenced the germination percentage using plasma radiation for 15- 30 minutes.
Highlights
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an agricultural commodity in Indonesia that has high economic value, has many benefits for health, is used as cooking spices, and as beauty
The objective of this study was to prove the treatment of corona incandescent plasma radiation and storage temperature on the viability of garlic seeds (Allium sativum L.) ‘Lumbu Kuning’ Variety, especially breaking dormancy which can be cultivated with a relatively short age and produce higher quality production
The Indonesia National Standard (SNI) value stipulated for the quality of seeds in labeled packaging is 70 - 80% depending on the type of seed (Lesilolo et al, 2013), but seed growth vigor that has a value of more than 85% indicates an extremely high vigor growth; while less than 50% indicates a low vigor growth strength
Summary
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is an agricultural commodity in Indonesia that has high economic value, has many benefits for health, is used as cooking spices, and as beauty. In Indonesia, the need for garlic is extremely large, but it is not balanced with the amount of production. The selfsufficiency program is carried out to increase garlic production on a large scale, but there are major problems in cultivation, namely the seeds have low viability and quality, and experience dormancy for about 6-7 months (Rahman, Haque, & Ahmed, 2003). The Effect of Corona Incandescent Plasma Radiation and Storage Temperature on The Viability of Garlic Seeds The base of the tuber is full and hard, has large cloves, the cloves weight of garlic seeds used is between 1.15 - 3 g [(Wicaksono, Rahayu, & Samanhudi, 2014)
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