Institusion
Politeknik Negeri Jember
Author
Muizatuddaliah, Muizatuddaliah
Subject
154 - Budidaya Pertanian dan Perkebunan
Datestamp
2022-06-14 02:54:05
Abstract :
Cucumber is a horticultural plant of the cucurbitaceae family that is much favored by
the public because it has many benefits for both consumption and health. One of the
method to increase the production of national cucumbers independently is by
modifying plant cultivation techniques. This study aimed to determine the effect of
branch maintenance and topping pruning on cucumber seed production. This
research was conducted from January 2020 until April 2021. This study used a
Factorial Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) method with 2 factors. The
first factor is maintenance of branches with 3 levels, namely maintenance of 1 main
stem and all branches (P1), maintenance of 1 main stem + 1 branch (P2) and
maintenance of 1 main stem + 2 branches (P3). The second factor was topping
pruning with 3 levels, namely no pruning (T1), 20th internode shoot pruning (T2) and
30th internode shoot pruning (T3). The results of this study showed that the branch
maintenance treatment very significant effect on the parameters of the number of fruit
planted 6,18 pieces, the amount of pollinated interest is 15,58, the stem diameter
parameter 1,01 cm, and parameter of seed weigh per plant 15,69 gram. The shoot
pruning treatment showed very significantly different results on the parameters of the
number of seeds per fruit 137,19 grains, seed weight per fruit 2,78 gram, stem
diameter 0,82 cm, parameter of seed weight per palnt 15,69 grams and a significant
effect on the parameter 1000-seed weight 2,16 gram. The germination observation
parameter not significantly results on all treatments. The treatment interaction
between branch maintenance and top pruning not significantly different results on all
parameters.
Key words: Cucumber, branch maintenance, top pruning (topping), seed