Abstract
This research aims to determine the growth response of vetiver, lemongrass and citronella plants in terms most resistant to soil salinity stress levels. The study was carried out at the screen house of the Faculty of Agriculture, Santo Thomas Catholic University, Medan, which is 32 meters above sea level. This research was carried out in January to March 2024. The study used a factorial, Completely Randomized Design, which consisted of two factors. The first factor is the influence of several aromatic grasses (R), which consist of 3 types: lemongrass, citronella, and vetiver. The second factor is the salinity soil stress (S) level, which consists of five levels: without saline, 25% saline soil, 50% saline soil, 75% saline soil saline, and 100% saline soil. Based on these treatment combinations, there were 15 combinations, and each treatment was repeated 3 times so that 45 plants/pots measured 5L. Parameter observations were carried out during harvesting; the parameters observed were shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weight, root volume, and root cross-section anatomy. The results of the study can be stated that the factor of several aromatic grasses has a significant effect on shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, roots fresh weight, and roots volume, where the best aromatic grasses is vetiver even though it was not significantly different from citronella which is resistant to growth at salinity stress levels of 50% to 100%. The salinity level also has a significant effect where salinity starting from 25% causes a decrease in the fresh weight and dry weight of the shoot of the three aromatic grasses.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Grass type significantly affected shoot fresh and dry weight and root fresh weight and volume.
Verbatim
e0“the factor of several aromatic grasses has a significant effect on shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, roots fresh weight, and roots volume”
Claim · model-written summary
Vetiver was the best grass but did not differ significantly from citronella at 50–100% salinity.
- Taxon
- vetiver
Chrysopogon zizanioidese0 - Outcome
- best aromatic grassese0
- Direction
- beste0
- Qualifier
- salinity stress levels of 50% to 100%e0
- Comparator
- citronellae0
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Verbatim
e0“the best aromatic grasses is vetiver even though it was not significantly different from citronella which is resistant to growth at salinity stress levels of 50% to 100%”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity from 25% reduced fresh shoot weight in all three grasses.
- Taxon
- three aromatic grassese0
- Treatment
- salinity starting from 25%e0
- Outcome
- fresh weighte0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“salinity starting from 25% causes a decrease in the fresh weight and dry weight of the shoot of the three aromatic grasses”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity from 25% reduced dry shoot weight in all three grasses.
- Taxon
- three aromatic grassese0
- Treatment
- salinity starting from 25%e0
- Outcome
- dry weighte0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“salinity starting from 25% causes a decrease in the fresh weight and dry weight of the shoot of the three aromatic grasses”