Response of some soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) varieties on flooded conditon with application of Benzyl Amino Purine (BAP) and Salicylic Acid (SA) in the R3 phase

Abstract

Soybean production (Glycine max (L.) Merril) in Indonesia has fluctuation every year. The area of wetlands in Indonesia is about 24.5 million ha, but only about 8.5 million ha of wetlands are used as rice fields, the remaining 16 million ha have not been utilized. The study aims to determine the response of some soybean varieties on the application of benzyl amino purine (BAP) and salicylic acid (SA) in flooded conditions. The research initiated in research land of the Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Sumatera Utara, using the Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 3 treatment factors namely varieties consisting of 3 varieties (Demas 1, Dering 1 and Burangrang), the concentration of plant growth regulator consisting of 3 levels (control, 50 ppm BAP + 100 ppm of SA and 100 ppm of BAP + 200 ppm of SA) and the treatment of flooding stress consisting of 2 treatments (control and flooded). The results showed that the varieties had critical effect on the parameters of number of pods per plant and the weight 100 seeds. Synthetic plant growth regulator concentration had no effect on all the observation parameters, but flooding stress had significant induce on the parameter of number of pods per plant.