EFEK PEMAPARAN MUSIK GAMELAN JAWA, MUSIK ROCK DAN SUARA BURUNG MURAI BATU (Copsychus malabaricus) TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN VEGETATIF TANAMAN BAYAM CABUT (Amaranthus tricolor L)

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of exposure to music on the vegetative growth of spinach plants. Treatment used in this study is a kind of music (Javanese gamelan, rock music and sound of recording bird (Murai batu) and exposure duration (1 hour, 2 hours and 3 hours). The sound levels used ranges between 70-75dB started since plants have been sowing until harvest. The observed parameters including length and width of the leaves, plant height, weight and length of the harvested spinach plant roots. The best treatment of research on plant growth spinach is the treatment with Javanese gamelan music with an exposure time of 3 hours. This treatment resulted in an average of plant height 100.79 cm , leaf length of 36.27 cm , leaf width of 25.30 cm, weight spinach crop at harvest amounted to 72.16 grams and length of root plants 36.41 cm. enerally, exposure to gamelan music with an exposure time of 3 hours gives the best results on morphological characteristics and productivity of spinach plants.

Keywords

• growth
• productivity
• sound
• spinach