Summary: | The research aims to determine the difficulty causing the failure in passing
stages must be done during the production of certified rice seeds in Bantul
District. It was done from administrative inspection, inspection in the field up to
testing in the laboratory through 23 groups of seed growers, under 75 locations.
It was a survey research, applying a purposive random sampling for the seed
growers in gathering the primary data. There were 37 seed growers interviewed,
representing 10 groups of seed growers. While the secondary data were obtained
from the Institute of Seed Inspection and Sertification for food crops called Balai
Pengawasan dan Sertifikasi Benih Tanaman Pangan (BPSBP) for three years
(2007-2009). The technologies used for seed certification by the growers were
also questioned.
The result of the research indicated that among the 13 stages must be done and
passed in the procedure for seed certification for seed certification, are 41% fail in
laboratory testing due to percentage of germination / the other variety inert matter
or of a mixture of other varieties, moisture content and growing power, 24% fail
in the filed test before harvesting, due to rice collapse, still mixed with other
varieties of seed candidate, the candidate attacked by pests and diseases of seed
And 3% fail during the preliminary field inspection due to seeds used mixed with
other varietes.
The technologies applied by the seed growers were as follows : 94% applied
seed treatment, 94% soil fertilization, 92% pest control, 89% yield processing,
95% seed drying, 97% seed processing, and 68% stored the seeds.
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