THE GENETIC POTENCY OF PLANTAIN AGUNG SEMERU VARIETY FROM LUMAJANG REGENCY EAST JAVA INDONESIA
ABSTRACT: Lumajang regency is
one of the banana production centre in East Java having high- diversity of
banana germ plasm. There
are 33 cultivars
of banana germ plasm
in the regency,
consist of eaten
ripe and plantain. One
of uniqe plantain
used as the
symbol of Lumajang
regency is plantain
Agung Semeru variety, the local
superior variety of this regency. This
variety can grow well at 450 – 650 m above sea level. The uniqueness of banana Agung Semeru variety
can be seen by the number of sucker per cluster (only 1 –
2 suckers per
cluster), the size of
the finger (33 – 36
cm long and
19 cm around)
and the number of
hand per bunch
(only 1 –
2 hand per
bunch). Other characteristics of
the variety are
the thickness of fruit skin, the long period of fruit storage (3 – 4 weeks after harvesting) and the sweetness of fruit flesh. Even though the
skin changes from yellow to black, the
flesh still can be consumed, because
it doesn’t become soft. This variety
also resistant to the Sigatoka disease
compared to other plantain cultivars.
Author: P.E.R. Prahardini ,
Yuniarti and Amik Krismawati
Journal Code: jpbiologigg090003
