KARAKTER MORFO-FISIOLOGI BIJI DAN AGRONOMI BIBIT KELOR (Moringa oleifera Lam.) AKSESI LOMBOK UTARA

Abstrak

Seed germination tends to be low due to seed viability reduction, especially on new crops developed, such as Moringa, so the understanding of seed  and seedling characteristics should be given attention. This objective the research is to evaluate Moringa seed morpho-physiology and seedling agronomical characteristics from North Lombok. The results showed that, moringa seed morphological characteristics of North Lombok accesions did not vary in seed length and wide. The variation was only on 1000 seed-weight. The weight ranged from 167.47±9.87 g to 285.73±9.64 g. Seedling physiological character was not different in seed germination rate, but in power of seed germination. The seed germination ranged from 71.50 to 82.50%. In seedling agronomical characteristics, however,  showed different in fresh and dry shoot weights at one month old, shoot dry weight, root fresh and dry weight at two month old. The heaviest shoot dry weight was been shown by accsesion Bayan 1 dan 3, and the heaviest root fresh and dry weight were shown by the accesions of Kayangan 2, Bayan 3, and Pemenang 1.