Pengaruh Kepadatan Medium MS0 terhadap Perkecambahan Biji Jagung (Zea mays L., Var.” Lokal”) secara In Vitro
<p><em>This study aims to determine the effect of MS0 medium density on maize in vitro seed germination.</em><em> </em><em>The sample used in this study is corn kernels</em><em> from local variety</em><em> (Zea mays L. var. “Lokal”). This research </em><em>was</em><em> an experimental research with a quantitative method approach. The study used a </em><em>Rancangan Acak Lengkap</em><em> (</em><em>RAL</em><em>) with one treatment factor </em><em>that is </em><em>medium density MS0 with a degree of agar concentration </em><em>are </em><em>4 gram, 6 gram, 8 gram </em><em>and</em><em> 10 gram </em><em>each concentration repeated </em><em>3 </em><em>times</em><em>. Data analysis uses the One Way Analysis of Variant (ANOVA) test</em><em> and </em><em>if it shows significant results</em><em>, test continued</em><em> </em><em>to</em><em> BNJ </em><em>test </em><em>(Beda Nyata Jujur). The best growth results occur at low level medium density (agar 4 gram) </em><em>based on parameters </em><em>days </em><em>of </em><em>emerged buds, plant height, number of roots, number of leaves and wet weight of corn plantlets. Uji ANOVA </em><em>showed that </em><em> </em><em>F value calculated 41.333 </em><em>bigger than</em><em> F </em><em>value </em><em>ta</em><em>b</em><em>l</em><em>e</em><em> </em><em>that is</em><em> 4.07 </em><em>with </em><em>significance level 0,05. This</em><em> result</em><em> shows that H0</em><em> is</em><em> </em><em>rejected and</em><em> H</em><em>a </em><em>is accepted. The results are continued with the </em><em>BNJ</em><em> </em><em>test</em><em>. BNJ </em><em>test obtained significantly different results on germination of corn kernels in all treatments. </em><em>The wet weight of corn plantlets has a high influence on the organs (roots, stems and leaves) of plants</em><em>.</em><em> </em><em>If the wet weight is high, the plant growth is significant and vice versa.</em></p>