Program pemuliaan konvensional tanaman salak di Fakultas Pertanian UGM. Salak conventional breeding program in Faculty of Agriculture GMU.

Salak as an original crop from Indonesia has a high potential to develop as one of the main fruit product to export to international market. However in fulfilling international standard quality of fruit production, the salak cultivars in Indonesia should be improved through an integrated breeding program. The paper told about salak breeding program conducted in Faculty of Agriculture, Gadjah Mada University. The model was developed based on materials have it, i.e. bulk population of local varieties. As many aspects of the crop have not been investigated yet, the paper also suggests that research on fisiological genetics and biotechnology should be stressed in the future to support the breeding program of this crop. Salak merupakan tanaman ash Indonesia yang berpotensi tinggi untuk dikembangkan sebagai salah satu produk ekspor utama ke pasar internasional. Akan tetapi untuk memenuhi standar kualitas produksi buah, kultivar salak di Indonesia seharusnya diperbaiki melalui program pemuliaan yang menyeluruh. Program pemuliaan tanaman salak dilaksanakan di Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Gadjah Mada. Model dikembangkan berdasarkan materi utama yang dimiliki, antara lain: populasi bulk varietas lokal. Banyak aspek tanaman salak yang belum diteliti sebelumnya, ditegaskan lagi bahwa penelitian genetikfisiologi dan bioteknologi harus lebih mendukung program pemuliaan tanaman salak