Morphological Diversity of Avocados(Perseaamericana Mill.) in Central Aceh, Indonesia

Yunus, Ismadi and Handayani, Rd. Selvy and Hafifah, Hafifah and Rahmiyati, Rahmiyati (2019) Morphological Diversity of Avocados(Perseaamericana Mill.) in Central Aceh, Indonesia. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 7. pp. 1401-1405. ISSN 2277-3878

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Abstract

Abstract: Central Aceh is known as a center of avocado production in Indonesia. The information about the morphology of avocados in Central Aceh is still very few due to the lack of researches on avocados in Central Aceh. This study aimed to evaluate the morphology of avocado in Central Aceh, Indonesia. The study was conducted using the description method using an avocado descriptor from the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI, 1995) and data were analyzed using the NTSYSpc. The results revealed that the diversity of avocados in Central Aceh Regency was formed with diversity values ranging from 45-81%, at the level of similarity coefficient 46% of the two main groups: first group consisting of 11 accessions and second group consisting of 4 accessions. In general, the avocado morphology of Central Aceh has similarities in the outer appearance of fruits, stalks, flesh, skin, and seeds Index terms : fruit shape, pedicel, skin color, seed, gloss

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