Ex Situ Conservation of Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc.: Propagation by Leaf Cuttings

Purwantoro, R.S. and D. Latifah. 2014. Ex Situ Conservation of Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc.: Propagation by Leaf Cuttings.  Proceeding International Conference on Global Resource Conservation. 4^th International Conference on Global Resource Conservation & 10^th Indonesian Society for Plant Taxonomy Congress “Plant Diversity for Food Security, Welfare and Harmony”. Brawijaya University, Malang. Published online on 2^nd July 2014. p 292-295. http://proceedingicgrc.ub.ac.id/index.php/procicgrc/article/view/7

Abstract

Vegetative propagation of Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc. by leaf cuttings had been conducted. The cuttings were treated by plastic covering and without plastic covering. The number of cuttings each treatment was 21 cuttings. The results indicated that the application of plastic covering (33-67 %) is better than without plastic
covering (0-33 %). In addition, the biggest tubers (12,47 mm in diameter) were produced in zeolite with plastic
covering.