ADAPTATION TEST OF OFF-SEASON SHALLOTS VARIETIES AS EFFORTS TO INCREASE PRODUCTION Wahid (a*), Edwen Waas (a), Risma Fira Sunet (a), Agung Budi Santoso (b), Ismatul Hidayah (c)
a Institute for Agricultural Technology Maluku. Jl. Chr Soplanit. Rumah Tiga Ambon
b Institute for Agricultural Technology Sumatra Utara Medan
c Institute for Agricultural Technology Banten
Abstract
Red onion price fluctuations can be overcome by planting shallots outside the season. However, off-season cropping patterns are constrained by the most common technical problems, including the use of low quality seeds, pest attacks, and cultivation techniques. The research was conducted in Oli Village, Salahutu District, Central Maluku Regency in May - July 2018, carried out when the rainfall was high. All treatments use shade to reduce the impact of rainfall. Determination of the time of the study was carried out with the consideration to determine the level of resistance of shallots to conditions of high rainfall (outside the season). This study used a factorial randomized block design with two factors, namely variatas (Bauji, Trisula and Bima Brebes) and spacing (15 x 15 and 20 x 15 cm). Parameters observed included plant height, number of tillers, and number of leaves observed at the age of 14, 28, 42, and 62 days after planting, number of tubers, weight of wet tubers, weight of dry tubers, and yield of crop plots which were converted to hectares after drying. . Data analysis used statistical methods, consisting of analysis of variance / ANOVA (F-test) to determine the effect of treatment and t-test (DMRT) to see the effect between treatments tested using the Gomez and Gomez procedures. The results showed that the package of Bima Brebes variety with a spacing of 20 x 15 was 20 percent higher than the existing technology package.
