TY - JOUR AU - Melati, Melati AU - Rusmin, Devi PY - 2019/01/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Effect of Storage Treatment on Small White Ginger Rhizome Viability JF - JURNAL AGRONIDA JA - J. Agronida VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.30997/jag.v4i1.1528 UR - https://ojs.unida.ac.id/JAG/article/view/1528 SP - AB - <span class="fontstyle0">One problem for developing small white ginger (Zingiber officinale </span><span class="fontstyle2">var. </span><span class="fontstyle0">amarum) is the<br />availability of high quality rhizome seeds in right quantity and time. Seed rhizome will sprout<br />quickly, and its quality will decreased in immature seed rhizome and in not good storage conditions.<br />The main objective of the experiment was to study the best storage room conditions for storage<br />rhizome seeds of small white ginger. The experiment was conducted in seed laboratory and storage<br />room of Research Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Crops Bogor. The experiment was<br />conducted by randomized complete design with nine different storage, 3 replication and 25 samples<br />each treatment. The treatments are 1) rhizome seeds storage in room temperature (control),(2)<br />rhizome seeds storage in AC room </span><span class="fontstyle2">(16–24</span><span class="fontstyle2" style="font-size: 8pt;">0</span><span class="fontstyle2">C)</span><span class="fontstyle0">,(3) rhizome seed soaked in paclobutrazol 1000 ppm<br />for 4 hours then seeds storage in room temperature ( 4) put rhizome seeds in rack and cover by<br />straw, storage in room temperature (5) rhizome seed storage on straws in the greenhouse ( 6)<br />rhizome seed storage in the greenhouse without straw ( 7) rhizome seed soaked in water during 1<br />hour every month then dried naturally in 30</span><span class="fontstyle0" style="font-size: 8pt;">0</span><span class="fontstyle0">C and storage in AC room (8) rhizome seed soaked<br />in paclobutrazol 1000 ppm for 4 hour then storage in AC room ( 9) put rhizome in wood box and<br />cover by rice straw and husk. Variables observed include moisture contents of ginger seed, lost<br />weight of seed and germination percentage of rhizome seeds at the end of storage period. The result<br />of experiment indicated that the moisture content and weight rhizome seeds decrease after 2</span> <span class="fontstyle0">months. After four months storage period, moisture content was still high above 80 %, except<br />rhizome seeds in under ground. The rhizome seeds that store in AC room showed the best<br />performance and thus, this treatment can be recommended for storage of small white ginger<br />rhizome seeds for 4 months. The low moisture content (&lt; 80%) of rhizome small white ginger seeds<br />will decreased its viability.<br />Keywords: Zingiber officinale </span><span class="fontstyle2">var. </span><span class="fontstyle0">amarum, seed, storage, viability</span> ER -