Shelf Life of Artocarpus lowii King’s Seeds And Its Viability
Abstract
Artocarpus lowii King is a species of Moraceae family members. This species is widely utilized by people as food, medicine, and timber. A. lowii is propagated by seed. A. lowii seeds belong to the recalcitrant seeds, which have a short shelf life. Therefore, it is necessary to find the right storage method for storing A. lowii seeds, in order that A. lowii seed has longer shelf life. The purpose of this study was to determine the viability A. lowii with storage time treatments and find the efficient storage method. A. lowii seeds were stored by covering the seeds with mosses in a jar. It was taken 40 seeds every week for viability test. The 30 seeds have planted in the sand media and 10 seeds for grain moisture content calculations. Results of this study were water content of A. lowii seed on 0 wk to 7 wk increased, and the viability of A. lowii seeds have still high enough to 9 wk around 60 %. Therefore, seed storage methods using mosses can be used as an alternative to extend the shelf life of A. lowii seed.
Keywords: Artocarpus lowii King; recalcitrant seed; storage media
References
[1] K. Fern, “Usseful tropical plantsArtocarpuslowii. [Internet]. 2015. accessed on September 10 th, 2015 from http://tropical.theferns.info/ viewtropical.php?id=Artocar-pus+lowii”.
[2] Yayasan Kehati Prosea, “BAHASA ILMIAH DALAM TEKS IKLAN BAHASA INDONESIA DAN BAHASA JERMAN Artocarpus. Internet. 2015. accessed on September 2, 2015 from http://www.proseanet.org/prohati2/browser.php? docsid=392. 2015. in
Bahasa Indonesia”.
[3] A. Tomar, A. Kumar, and S. Tripathi, “Seed germination behavior inArtocarpuslakoochaRoxb,” Indian Forester, vol. 3, pp. 325–332, 2014.
[4] D. F. DJAM’AN, “Cryopreservation of dammar (Agathis damara Salisb.) seeds in liquid nitrogen,” Biodiversitas, Journal of Biological Diversity, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 164–167, 2006.
[5] FT. Bonner, “Commercial seed supply of recalcitrant and intermediate seed: present solutions to the storage problem,” in Intermediate/Recalcitrant Tropical Forest Tree Seeds, Humlebaek, Denmark: Tome and DANIDA Forest Seed Centre, AS. Ouedrago, K. Poulsen, and F. Stubsgaard, Eds., pp. 27–33, Tome and DANIDA Forest Seed Centre,Denmark, 1996.
[6] MW. King, Roberts EH. The storage of recalcitrant seeds-achievements and possible approaches, IBPGR Secretariat, Rome, 1979.
[7] PennState Cooperative Extension-College of Agricultural Science. Introduction to organic vegetables-seed and seedling biology, PennState, Pennsylvania, 2012.
[8] DK. Binawati, Pengaruh media tanam terhadap pertumbuhan anggrek bulan (Phalaenopsis sp.) aklimatisasi dalam plenty. [The effect of planting media on Phalaenopsis sp. growth in plenty acclimatization] Wahana, vol. 1, 60–68. [in Bahasa Indonesia], 1, 2012, [in Bahasa Indonesia].