IN VITRO MULTIPLICATION OF BARANGAN BANANA (MUSA ACUMINTA L.)

The in vitro multiplication of Barangan Banana Plants (Musa acuminta L.) was carried out to determine the effectiveness of growth regulator cytokines and coconut water in multiplying barangan banana. The pupose of this study was to obtained the concentration of benzyl amino purine (BAP) and concentration of coconut water which triggers the multiplication of Barangan bananas by in vitro method. The plant material used was the barangan banana (Musa acuminta L.), BAP growth regulator and coconut water. This research experiment uses a completely non factorial randomized design consisting of 5 levels, namely B0 control, B1 0.5 ml, B2 1 ml, B3 10 ml, B4 20 ml. The parameters observed included the number of leaves, leaf length, number of roots, root length, plant height, number of tillers. The results showed that the treatment of BAP concentration and coconut water significantly affected (p <0.05) the number of roots and root length and did not significantly affect the number of leaves, plant height and also the number of Barangan Banana tillers