Multiple bud clumps induction of banana cv. Barangan Merah (Musa acuminate Colla.) under in vitro treatment of benzyl amino purine and indole-3 acetic acid

Abstract Cultivar Barangan is one of the famous banana plants that has good taste and price. The disadvantages of this banana is susceptible to Fusarium disease. Tissue culture techniques is one ways of plants propagation for this plant. This study is aimed to determine the effective concentration of benzyl amino purines (BAP) and indole-3 acetic acid (IAA) for optimal multiple bud clumps (MBC) induction in explants of Barangan Merah banana. The Research was carried out at the Laboratory of Tissue Culture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Syiah Kuala. The research design was a completely randomized design, 3x2 factorial. BAP concentration was the first factor, i.e. 5, 10 and 15 mg L −1 . The second factor was the concentration of IAA, i.e. 0.1 and 0.5 mg L −1 . The results of this research showed that 96,29% explants of all treatments survived. Explant contamination was 11,11% occurred by bacteria and brownish exudate that spread to the medium. MBC are significantly increased at 16 days after induction at concentration of BAP 5 mg L −1 + IAA 0.5 mg L −1 . All combinations of BAP and IAA concentrations have produced MBC explants (100%) at eighth weeks after induction. The concentration of 5 mg L −1 BAP + 0.5 mg L −1 IAA resulted the highest shoots number. Analysis of variance and Least Significant Different further test showed that the longest of shoot length was founding the concentration of 5 mg L −1 BAP compared to other treatments. Increasing concentrations of BAP 10 mg L −1 and 15 mg L −1 resulted in significantly lower shoot length. It can be concluded that taken together the concentration of 5 mg L −1 BAP + 0.5 mg L −1 IAA is the best to effectively multiple bud clumps induction in explants of Barangan Merah banana through tissue culture technique.