Pengaruh Medan Listrik sebagai Stimulan Pertumbuhan Bawang Putih Lokal Timor

Abstract

The decline in Timorese local garlic yields will have an impact on farmers' income and the existence of the garlic. One of the decline factors is production. The purpose of this study is the implementation of an electric field as a stimulant for garlic growth. The electric field used is an AC electric field with an output frequency of 1.0 kHz. The variation of the electric field used is 1.28, 1.55, 1.80, 2.12, and 2.48 kV/m. The results showed that exposure to an electric field in garlic resulted in a better germination rate, average germination time, and shoot and root growth rate compared to the control. The treatment of exposure to an electric field of 1.55 kV/m resulted the most optimum in the germination rate, average germination time and growth rate of shoots and roots with the respective values (11.4 ± 0.6) %/etmal, (1.4 ± 0, 1) day, (2.83 ± 0.09) mm/day, and (2.04 ± 0.09) mm/day. Increasing germination, shortening the average germination time and growth rate are expected to increase local Timor garlic production.