AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF THREE LOWLAND ONION VARIETIES IN BENGKULU CITY

This research aims to determine the performance of growth and yield of three varieties of onion lowlands. The research was conducted from August to November 2012 were held at Visitor land Plot Assesment Institute for Agricultural Technology Bengkulu. Experiments using a randomized complete block design to the single factor that is high yielding varieties of onion lowland consisting of Pancasona (V1), Pikatan (V2) and Mentes (V3) which is repeated seven times. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance and tested further by DMRT to determine differences between treatments. The results showed that there was no real difference to the parameters of wet weight, dry weight, number of tillers and number of cloves per clump at all treatments, whereas the weight parameters of tubers per cloves there are significant differences among the treatments with the highest weight obtained varieties of Pikatan (5.89 g) and followed by variety of Mentes (4.75 g) as well as variety of Pancasona (3.95 g). Pancasona, Mentes and Pikatan are varieties able to adapt well, while Pikatan and Mentes have a higher yield than Pancasona varieties, it is shown from the wet weight, dry weight and the weight of tuber per cloves