Growth of Cocoa Put Joint Seedlings (Theobroma cacao L.) In Varieties and the Number of Boots

This research aims to find out which varieties provide success in shoot grafting of cocoa seedlings, to find out the effect of the number of shoots on the success of shoot grafting of cocoa seedlings and to find out the interaction between the type of variety and the number of shoots in providing a better response to the success of shoot grafting of cocoa seedlings. This research was carried out in the form of a randomized block design with 2 factors, the first factor was variety with 3 levels, namely MCC 02 variety, Sulawesi variety 1 and Sulawesi variety 2. The second factor was the number of shoots with 3 levels, namely 2 shoots, 4 shoots and 6 shoots. From these two factors, 9 treatment combinations were obtained, with 3 repetitions to obtain 27 experimental units. The results of the research showed that the use of the MCC 02 variety had a positive effect on the growth of cacao shoot grafting seedlings at the time of shoot emergence, namely 15.33 DAT and the number of leaves, namely 3.98. The use of 2 buds had the best effect on the growth of cacao shoot grafting seedlings with a number of leaves of 4.42 and shoot length of 7.72 cm. The interaction between the Sulawesi 1 variety with 2 buds gave the best influence on the growth and shoot grafting success of cocoa seedlings on the number of leaves, namely 4.67 pieces and the interaction between the Sulawesi 2 variety with 2 buds gave the best influence on shoot length, namely 8.07 cm.