Germination Process of Bud Chips of 3 Commercial Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L) Varieties at PT. Gunung Madu Plantations

Abstract

The increase in demand for sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L) as an industrial raw material is not accompanied by an increase in national sugarcane production. The decline in sugarcane production was due to errors in cultivation. In the growth phase, germination is the most critical and vulnerable phase, resulting in sugarcane cultivation and subsequent sugarcane growth. The purpose of this study was to determine the germination process of bud chips of 3 commercial sugarcane varieties. The experiment was carried out in March-May 2021 at the Research and Development experimental garden of PT. GMP uses a Randomized Block Design. There were 3 varieties observed, namely GMP3, GMP5, and GMP7. Each Bud chip was planted using an individual technique with a spacing of 50 cm and covered with soil. Observations were made until the 30th day after planting. The results showed that the GMP7 and GMP3 varieties included varieties that had the most stable type of germination and relatively fast organ growth stages, while the GMP5 variety had a relatively slow germination type for each organ formation and plant growth.