Morphological characteristics of forage crops indigofera zellongeriana at different levels drought stress and interval pruning
| Main Authors: | Herdiawan, Iwan, Abdullah, L, Sopandie, D, Karti, P.D.M.H, Hidayati, N |
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| Format: | Article application/pdf eJournal |
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Indonesian Animal Sciences Society
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
http://medpub.litbang.pertanian.go.id/index.php/jitv/article/view/693 |
Daftar Isi:
- The objectives of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of drought stress and defoliation interval on shoot and root morphologic characteristic of Indigofera zollingeriana. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomized design with two factors and four replications. The first factor consisted of 3 level of drought stress i.e: 100% field capacity (FC) (control), 50% FC, and 25% FC. The second factor comprised of 3 defoliation interval were interval defoliations of 60, 90 and 120 days. The observed variables were shoot, root dry weight, root/shoot ratio and root length. Data were analyzed by ANOVA and the differences between treatments were tested by LSD. The results shows that there were interactions (P < 0,05) between drought stress and defoliations interval on shoot dry weight, while root dry weight, root/shoot ratio, and root length was not. Drought treatment significantly (P < 0,05) decreased shoot, root dry weight, but increase of root/shoot ratio and root length. Defoliation interval significantly affected (P < 0,05) on shoot dry weight, but not on root dry weight, root/shoot ratio, and root length. Key Words: Indigofera zollingeriana, Drought Stress, Defoliation Interval, Shoot And Root Morphology