Abstract :
The Ramie plant is a natural fiber-producing plant just like cotton in the
community ramie plants can be propagated using rhizomes. The purpose of this
study was to determine the effect of the length of rhizome cuttings interacted with
the provision of plant-based PGR on the growth of flax plants. The research was
carried out from October 2020 to January 2021 at the Research Institute for
Sweetener and Fiber Crops Malang, East Java. The design used was a factorial
randomized block design with 2 factors and 3 replications. The first factor was
the length of rhizome cuttings which consisted of 6 levels, namely R1 (2 cm),
R2 (4 cm), R3 (6 cm), R4 (8 cm), R5 (10 cm), and R6 (12 cm). The second factor
was vegetable ZPT which consisted of 3 levels, namely Z1 (Control/without
vegetable PGR), Z2 (shallot extract), and Z3 (Coconut Water). The data
were analyzed using the F test (Analysis of Variance) and continued with the
DMRT test with an error rate of 5%. The results showed that the treatment of
rhizome length gave very significantly different results on all parameters, as well
as the treatment of vegetable PGR which also gave very significantly different
results, and the interactions given both gave very significantly different results on
the parameters of plant height with 69,33 cm, 137,77 number of leaves, and
300,44 gram for dry weight of flax plants.
Key words: length of rhizome, Ramie, PGR.