Adriana Hiariej, Estri Laras Arumingtyas, Wahyu Widoretno, Rodiyati Azrianingsih
The study aims to determine the phenotypic variation of Fei banana from the Maluku islands. Exploration was conducted at the island of Ambon, Saparua, Nusalaut, Haruku, Seram, Dobo, Wokam, Tual, Elat, Tobelo, Jailolo. Phenotypic characterization of vegetative and generative organs of Fei banana (Musa troglodytarum L.) was done using the reference of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI). Variation of the phenotypic character of the samples were detected and used to create a dendogram and analyzed using the software NTSYSpc V2.02i. At the similarity value of 69.3 the dendogram divided into two branches, a small branch consisted of Fei banana from Ambon (Ambon 1 and Ambon 2), and one big branch consisted of the remaining sample. This big branch divided into two branches, which the first branch consist of Fei banana originated from Saparua and Seram and the second branch consisted of Fei banana collected from Nusalaut, Haruku, Dobo, Wokam, Tual, Elat, Tobelo, Jailolo. Bananas population collected from Ambon (AMB2 and AMB3) seem had an special characters different from thats collected from other places in Maluku, however one type of Fei banana collected from Maluku (Amb1) showed similar character with Fei banana collected from Wokam.
Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Pattimura University, Jl. Ir. M.Putuhena, Poka Ambon, Maluku, 97233, Indonesia; Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Brawijaya University, Jl. Veteran, Malang, 65145, Indonesia
