THE INFLUENCE OF PRUNING TIME OF TILLER AND COW MANURE DOSES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF PADDY RICE (Oryza sativa L.) IN THE SRI METHOD
The aim of the experiment was to determine the interaction effect of pruning time and cow manure doses on the growth and yield of paddy rice in the SRI method, carried out in April - July 2018 on the experimental land of Tamansiswa University, Ampang Village, Padang City at a height of 9 m above sea level. The treatment design are 2 factors. The first factor is the time of tiller pruning with 4 levels, namely: tillers are not pruned, tillers are pruned from the age of 30 DAS, starting at 40 DAS, and starting at 50 DAS. The second factor is cow manure doses with 3 levels, namely: 0, 0.8, and 1.6 kg polybag-1. Then the experimental unit is placed in a completely randomized design with 3 replications. Observation data were analyzed by ANOVA and DNMRT test at the level of α = 0.01 and 0.05. The parameters observed were plant height, number of tillers, number of productive tillers, an age of panicle appearance, harvest age, panicle length, 1000 grain weight, grain production clump-1, and harvest index. The pruning time and cow manure doses interacted with the number of productive tillers, grain weight clump-1 and harvest index. The single pruning time did not affect all growth and yield parameters of rice, whereas cow manure dose affected the number of tillers clump-1 and accelerated age appeared of panicles. The best pruning was obtained from the age of 30 DAS and the application of manure 0.8 kg polybag-1 with grain production of 76.96 g MDG clump-1 and harvest index 0.46.