Characterization of Flower and Fruit of Sugar Palm in Pandegelang and Serang Districts, Banten Province
- DOI
- 10.2991/absr.k.210304.038How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Arenga pinnata, Banten, Characterization, flower, fruit, phenotype
- Abstract
Sugar palm (Arenga pinnata Merr,) has a high economic value and have the potential to export and can be processed into various food and non-food products. Sugar palm is a versatile tree because all parts of the tree can be used, such as a trunk, palm sap, leaves, etc. Characterization of local sugar palm tree has been carried out in Pandeglang and Serang districts (Banten Province) which used as breeding material to create make a better sugar palm in the future (superior variety). The study used a survey method based on guidelines for plantation germplasm management from the Indonesia Center for Estate Crops Research and Development. The results showed the diversity in male and female flowers and seeds of a sugar palm tree at both of two districts. The diversity of flower phenotypes on sugar palm tree seen in the number of male and female inflorescences, the height of male and female inflorescences, the length of male and female inflorescences, the circumference of male and female inflorescences, the length series of male and female inflorescences. The diverse appearance of male palm fruit found in the length of the palm fruit, the fruit circumference, and the fruit weight. The conclusion is that the accessions used in this study showed variations in the appearance of male and female flowers and fruit from the sugar palm tree accessions observed.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Nurmayulis Nurmayulis AU - Susiyanti Susiyanti AU - Meilani Yusi AU - Ismingsih Sulastri PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/04 TI - Characterization of Flower and Fruit of Sugar Palm in Pandegelang and Serang Districts, Banten Province BT - Joint proceedings of the 2nd and the 3rd International Conference on Food Security Innovation (ICFSI 2018-2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 207 EP - 212 SN - 2468-5747 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/absr.k.210304.038 DO - 10.2991/absr.k.210304.038 ID - Nurmayulis2021 ER -