Pengaruh Metode Pematahan Dormansi Dan Posisi Tanam Benih Terhadap Viabilitas Benih Salak (Salacca edulis Reinw)

ABSTRACTThe hard and thick structure of snakefruit seeds makes it difficult for snakefruit seeds togerminate, therefore efforts are needed to break the dormancy of snakefruit seeds. The aimof the research was to determine the method of breaking dormancy and the appropriate seedplanting position to increase the viability of snakefruit (Salacca edulis Reinw) seeds, whichwas carried out at the Green House of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry ExtensionCenter (BP3K). The research method uses a factorial pattern in a completely randomizeddesign. The first factor is the dormancy breaking method which consists of 5 levels, namelycontrol, atonic, gibberellin (GA3), 60oC hot water, and sanding. The second factor is theposition of planting seeds which consists of 3 levels, namely upright, lying down and upsidedown. Data analysis was carried out using ANOVA with a DMRT further test at 5% level.The research results showed that the method of breaking dormancy had an effect on theviability of snakefruit seeds. A good method of breaking dormancy is with GA3. The positionof seed planting influences the viability of snakefruit seeds. The positions for planting seedsthat have a good effect are the upright and lying positions. There was an interaction betweenthe method of breaking dormancy using GA3 and the planting position of the lying seeds onthe viability of the snakefruit seeds.Keywords: Dormancy, Seed Position, Snakefruit, Viability