PEMATAHAN DORMANSI BENIH PALA (Mystica Gragrans Houtt) MELALUI PERENDAMAN DENGAN BEBERAPA KONSENTRASI HORMON GIBERELIN

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) is known as a spice plant that has economic value and is multipurpose.
Nutmeg seeds have a hard shell so they require scarification treatment which aims to break dormancy using
the hormone gibberellin, which is a hormone that accelerates seed germination, shoot buds, stem
elongation, leaf growth, stimulates flowering, fruit development, and influences root growth and
differentiation.The research used a Completely Randomized Design (RAL) consisting of 5 treatments with
5 replications, each replication consisting of 25 seeds. namely P0 = Control, P1 = 300 ppm, P2 = 325
ppm, P3 = 350 ppm, P4 = 375 ppm. by soaking using the hormone gibberellin for 24 hours. The variables
observed were Percentage of Germination and Time of Germination. Observation data were analyzed using
analysis of variance. Next, an honest real difference test (BNJ) analysis was carried out at a real level of
5% to determine which treatments were significantly different.The results of the analysis of variance
showed that breaking the dormancy of nutmeg seeds through soaking in several concentrations of the
gibberellin hormone had a significant effect on the percentage of germination and germination time of
nutmeg seeds. The soaking treatment in 325 ppm gibberellin hormone (P2) for 24 hours had the best effect
on the percentage of sprouts and time to sprout compared to other treatments. Based on the results of the
5% honest significant difference (BNJ) follow-up test, it shows that the highest average percentage of
sprouts was at 325 ppm (P2) at 12% and at the time of sprouting the highest average number was at a
concentration of 325 ppm (P2), namely 4. 98%