Hubungan Laju Pertumbuhan Dengan Saat Berbunga Untuk Seleksi Kegenjahan Tanaman Pepaya

. The research has been conducted at Aripan Experimental Station , Indone- sian Fruit Research Institute at Solok from August 1999 to February 2000 in randomized block design with three repli- cations and 40 accessions of papaya as treatments were collected from West Sumatera, Bengkulu, South Sumatera, Lampung, and East Jawa. The research was using container trial in field. The parameters observed were relative growth rate, net assimilation rate, plant dry weight, plant height, leaf number, stem diameter, and flowering time. The results of the experiment indicated that growth rate and flowering time among accessions are enough variations. No correlation between growth rate component and flowering time of papaya. The experiment results indicated that selec- tion of early flowering papaya by exploited of plant growth rate can not be applied. Accesion No. 029 which indicated faster growth and early flowering can be used as an candidate of superior variety