Alpinia malaccensis seedlings growth at planting space variations in the nursery

Abstract

Rivai RR, Wardani FF. 2015. Alpinia malaccensis seedlings growth at plant spacing variations in the nursery. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 1: 1658-1660. Alpinia malaccensis is a plant species of Zingiberaceae rate is commonly used as raw material for medicinal and ornamental plants. A. malaccensis is not widely cultivated by the farmers at large. Seed is one of the critical stages in the cultivation of plants. Competition between seeds in obtaining nutrition, water, and light is thought to be one of the limiting factors of A. malaccensis growth in the nursery. The purpose of this study was to obtain appropriate plant spacing for growing A. malaccensis seedlings. The experiment was conducted in house paranet, Treub Laboratory, Center for Plant Conservation Botanical Garden, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Bogor. This study used a completely randomized design with three repetitions. A. malaccensis seedlings planted at plastic basin (40 cm x 30 cm x 15 cm). Factors that tested are plant spacing consisting of 4, 6 and 8 seedlings per basin. The results showed that A. malaccensis seedlings were planted at a density four seedlings per basin have leaves longer and wider than other treatments. However, the increased height and number of leaves of seedlings of A. malaccensis were not significantly different from each treatment.