Growth pattern of shoot and root Mucuna bracteata from seeds and cuttings

Abstract

Mucuna bracteata is a legume crop commonly used as a cover crop in plantations. In order to better understand the growth patterns of Mucuna sourced from seedling or cutting, studying shoot-root growth and biomass allocation are an important step that needs to be done. Biomass is divided into shoot and root, while to study the assimilate allocation is done by observing the shoot-root ratio. An increase in the number of leaves was also observed to see the potential assimilation of plants. This research used a non factorial randomized design with 5 replications. The planting media used is top soil: manure: sand with a ratio of 1:1:1. The results of the research showed that the shoot and root biomass from cuttings were higher than seedlings. The shoot root ratio was higher in seedlings. The increase number of leaves was higher in seedlings than cutting up to the age of 8 weeks after plating.