PEWARISAN KARAKTER AGRONOMI GENERASI F1 HASIL PERSILANGAN RESIPROK TANAMAN JAGUNG (Zea mays L.) KAYA AMILOPEKTIN DAN TINGGI ANTOSIANIN
Abstract
The requirement corn in Indonesia is increasing, especially for those who prioritize healthy food at affordable prices. Amilopektin corn has a relatively low amylose content which is suitable for diabetics but its production is low, while purple corn has anthocyanin content with high productivity. The superiority of characters possessed from each variety both Amilopektin corn and purple corn have the potential for further development. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct research on the inheritance of agronomic characters of F1 generation from reciprocal crossing in corn plants rich in amylopectin and high in anthocyanin.
The research method used is a single cross crossing between the female The research method used is reciprocal crossing between female parent Amylopectin x Anthocyanin and anthocyanin parent x Amylopectin with a planting ratio of 3: 1. Then the observations were analyzed using the Chi-square test for qualitative characters, whereas for calculating quantitative characters using heritability values and selection index calculations were performed
The Inheritance of the agronomic character of the F1 generation does not experience a pattern of segregation. The character of the number of rows of seeds, cob length, ear diameter, clover diameter, kelobot / seed index, rakhis / seed index, seed closing index, number of rows / seeds, grain length, grain width, and grain thickness have high heritability values. Obtained 5 selected individuals from 34 total population of F1 Amilopektin Purple with selection index values ranging from 10.7 to 11.87 and reciprocal Purple Amilopektin 6.93-8.86 on the characters of cob length, ear diameter and number of rows of seeds.