Open AccessAmeliorant for Improving the Growth Characters of Garut Indigenous Arabica Coffee
Author(s) -
J Supriatna,
L Chaidir,
H Qodim,
AY Rismayanti
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/995/1/012021
Subject(s) - randomized block design , compost , cutting , arabica coffee , biology , sowing , chicken manure , horticulture , manure , agronomy
One of Garut’s indigenous arabica coffee varieties that have a high and special taste that needs to be developed is known as “Kopi Koneng”. The research was to investigate the ameliorants affected the growth characteristics of two Garut indigenous arabica coffee cutting sections. Research was arranged in Randomized Block Design, consisted of fourteen treatments and three replications. The treatments were mainly several ameliorants compositions were topsoil, chicken manure, and coffee grounds compost. The combination of chicken manure and coffee grounds as a planting media mixture had a substantial effect on plant height and root dry weight, according to the results. Finally, the combination of Yellow Cattura 1 section with a mixture of topsoil media : coffee grounds compost (3:1) provided the best result to increase the growth characters of the arabica coffee seed cuttings.