Viabilitas Benih Koro Pedang Putih (Canavalia ensiformis (L).DC) yang Disimpan pada Beberapa Jenis Kemasan dan Periode Simpan

Abstract

Jack bean belongs to the family of Leguminoceae and known as substitution plant for soybean because it has similar seed chemical composition with each other. The protein content in the seed made legume has low seed storability. The objectives of this research is to study the effect of packaging material and storage period on different room storage condition to viability of jack bean seed (Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.). This research used nested design with two factors. The first factor is packaging material and the second factor is storage period. Jack bean was packaged with four kinds of package (polyethylen plastic, flour sack, plastic sack, and bottle glass) and period of storaged up to six months in the AC and room storage condition. The results showed that polyethylen plastic and bottles glass was the best package for the jack bean seed storage during six months. Seed viability in both packaging was higher than flour sack and plastic sack for both room storage condition. This results showed that jack been seed could be storage in the AC and room storage condition more than six months.