Biogenesis: Jurnal Ilmiah Biologi
Vol 7 No 2 (2019)

Glutamic Acid Application for Enhancement of Growth and Productivity of Okra Plant (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench)

Eva Septiyana (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Diponegoro University)
Nintya Setiari (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Diponegoro University)
Sri Darmanti (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Diponegoro University)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Dec 2019

Abstract

Red okra fruit has high nutritional value and fiber but still has low production. Monosodium glutamate (MSG) consists of sodium and glutamic acid. In plants, sodium can role of replacing potassium, stomata physiology, and chlorophyll biosynthesis. Glutamate as the nitrogen donor in primer metabolism and gibberellic acid precursor. The assumption that MSG in plants has a positive impact. This research aimed to examine the effect of MSG and the optimum dosage for enhances of growth and production. This research was conducted with Completely Randomized Designs (CRD) with one factor, is the MSG dosage (0, 3, 6, and 9 g). Quantitative data were analyzed using analysis of variant (ANOVA) dan Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at a 95% confidence level. The result shows that the MSG treatment enhances the growth of the okra based on parameters of plant’s height, fresh weight of plant, dry weight of plant and the width of the leaf and enhances the production of the okra based on the flowering time, the number of the flower, the number of the fruit, the percentage of flower becoming fruit, the weight of fruit, width of fruit, and the diameter of the fruit. The optimal dosage of MSG for okra production and growth is 3 g/plant.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

biogenesis

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology

Description

Biogenesis: Jurnal Ilmiah Biologi is a peer-reviewed and open-access journal that publishes original scientific work with the advancement of tropical bioscience in Asia. The integration between Islam and tropical bioscience explicitly represents the Biogenesis: Jurnal Ilmiah Biologi as an academic ...