Paramyta Nila Permanasari, Wiwin Sumiya Dwiyamika, Ike Nesdia Rahmawati
Breast Milk (ASI) is the main food source for babies. Increased awareness of mothers to the importance of breastfeeding makes the need for useful plant exploration as a booster for milk production. Torbangun is widely consumed by nursing mothers in Simalungun, North Sumatra to increase milk production. Torbangun is an annual herbaceous aromatic plant that can adapt to subtropical and tropical environments. Torbangun contains flavonoid compounds that act as lactagogen compounds. Factors that affect the bioactive content of plants are genetic, climate, soil and fertilizer. Light and fertilization affect the phytochemical content. Currently, the functional food plant industry is more concerned with the use of natural production inputs. But the research technique of torbangun plant cultivation is still limited when compared with research of phytopharmaca. So this study aimed to study the response of growth, production and bioactive content of plants at several doses of organic fertilizers with different shade levels. The experiment was conducted with Split Plot Design of 2 factors ie organic fertilizer dosage (0, 8 and 16 ton ha -1 ) as subplot and shading percentage (0, 40 and 65%) as main plot. The results were 65% shade yielding the best growth in plant height, leaf number, stem diameter and leaf area. The best green leaves produced from the shade 65% and the provision of cattle manure 8 tonha-1. The highest levels of flavonoids were obtained at 65% shade with 16 tonha-1 cow manure. Light becomes an important environmental factor for the vegetative growth of torbangun plants. The 65% shade supported for growth and flavonoid levels of torbangun plants. Copyrights: © 2017 @ author (s).
Brawijaya University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Jalan Veteran, Malang, 65145, Indonesia; Brawijaya University, Faculty of Medicine, School of Nursing, Jalan Veteran, Malang, 65145, Indonesia
