PENGARUH APLIKASI ZAT PENGHAMBAT PAKLOBUTRAZOL DAN TEKNIK PINCHING PADA PERTUMBUHAN TANAMAN LISIANTHUS (Eustoma grandisflorum (Raf.) Shinn) POT
Abstract
The study about the influence of the substrace inhibitors paclobutrazol growth and pinching technique at the plants growth lisianthus (Eustoma grandisflorum (Raf.) Shinn). The research aimed to determine the time of inhibitos paclobutazol growth and technique pinching right at the plants growth lisianthus at pot. The study was conducted in the Pandean Lor, Kopeng, Central Java. The time of the research from July to October 2017.
The research was conducted using experimental method which arranged Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with factorial experiment. The treatment consisted of two factor are application of paclobutrazol and pinching technique.
The results showed that, application of growth inhibitor of paclobutrazol 18 days after planting was able to produce short and stocky plants according to criteria of potted plants, but did not yield the amount of crop flowers. The 1 ½ pinching technique is not significantly different from the double pinching technique, able to inhibit plant growth, increase the number of branches and the total amount of lisianthus plant. The interaction between application of paclobutrazol and pinching technique had significant effect on plant height and average length of internode. The application of paclobutrazol 18 days after planting and double pinching technique can shorten the height of lisianthus plants with bushy branching and increase the amount of crop flowers.