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Phytohormone: Effects of Auxin Hormone in Anaerobic Digestate on The
Growth Performances of Cucumis Melo Var. Inodorus CV Melon Manis
Terengganu 1 Under Soilless Culture System
Aisyah Binti Ahmad Hasbollah
Supervisor: Dr. Shahrul Bin Ismail
Bachelor of Technology (Environment)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
To assess the influence of plant hormone which is auxin hormone on growth
improvement in Cucumis Melo var. Inodorus cv Melon Manis Terengganu 1 by
fertigation system. Thus this study aimed to examine the effect of phytohormone
active compound from palm oil mill effluents (POME) digestate on growth of honey
melon and to identify auxin hormone in POME digestate and to compare the growth
of Cucumis Melo var. Inodorus with or without the presence of hormone plant. The
data were collected for one month after treatment. The growth of honeydew melon
was evaluated with three different treatment which are: 1) only nutrient A and B are
added as a control, 2) nutrient AB with the addition of plant hormone from auxin
commercial and 3) nutrient AB with the additional of digestate of POME. The
investigation was carry out on POME digestate to evaluate the presence of indo-3-
acetic acid (IAA) by using Salkowski reagent. The data collected shows that POME
digestate contain IAA.
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