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The Effect of Different types of Plant Growth Regulators in Producing
Parthenocarpic Melon Manis Terengganu (Cucumis melo var Inoduros cv.
Manis Terengganu 1)
Siti Aishah Binti Yusoff
Supervisor: Dr. Wan Zaliha Wan Sembok
Bachelor of Science Agrotechnology (Postharvest Technology)
School of Food Science and Technology
Today lifestyle, consumer prefers fruit without seeds as removing it is time consuming
and troublesome. Thus, this study aimed at evaluating the development of seedless
Melon Manis Terengganu (MMT) through applying different types of synthetic plant
growth regulators (PGRs) such as auxin and gibberellin (GA3). Seven treatments
(control (without PGRs), IAA, IBA, NAA, IAA+GA3, IBA+GA3, NAA+GA3) were arranged
in a complete randomized block design with four replicates. All PGRs were sprayed on
full bloomed female flower at 25 and 30 days after transplanting (DAT). Among PGRs
treatments, fruit-treated with combination of IAA+GA3 resulted in seedless MMT as
shown by the small number of seeds. Besides that, various types of PGRs did not
significantly affect the postharvest attributes of MMT. In conclusion, the combination
of IAA+GA3 had the ability to produce seedless MMT fruit without significant reduction
in other quality parameters.
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