Study of Agronomic Characteristics of Various Varieties of Green Mustard (Brassica juncea L.) in Hydroponic Wick System

Abstract

Green mustard (Brassica juncea L.) is one of the vegetable commodities that has an important role in Indonesia, especially in the agriculture and food industry. Efforts to increase vegetable production in urban areas with limited agricultural land can be done by applying hydroponic cultivation. There are various types of systems in hydroponics, one of which is the wick system. Another step that can be taken to meet the needs of mustard greens is by using quality seed varieties. This research aims to study the agronomic characteristics of various varieties of mustard greens in the hydroponic wick system. The research was conducted in September 2023 - October 2023 located at Jl. Akmaliah 2 Pengasinan Village, Sawangan District, Depok City. The research design used Randomized Complete Group Design (RCGD), with six variety treatments consisting of Dora Variety, Ijo Rio-Rio Variety, Kometa Variety, Puteri Variety, Sawitri Variety and Tosakan Variety. The results showed that there was a diversity of quantitative characters in all varieties used in several characters, namely, plant height, leaf length, leaf width, gross weight, consumption weight, root wet weight and root length. Ijo Rio-Rio variety is a variety in the parameters of crown height, number of leaves, leaf width, gross weight and high consumption weight. Qualitative characters for all varieties have different characters.