Pengaruh Komposisi Media Tanam Terhadap Perkecambahan Benih Cendana (SantalumAlbum Linn.)

 Sandalwood (Santalum album Linn.) is a wood-producing forest plant in the province of East NusaTenggara (NTT) which has great economic value and is an endemic species. The sandalwood (Santalumalbum Linn.) propagation has been widely carried out in NTT, various studies have been carried out toincrease the sandalwood plant, with the development and replanting of sandalwood (Santalum albumLinn.) plants from nurseries or saplings from natural distribution. Utilization of sawdust waste as aseedling medium is one method to support the development of sandalwood plants, the increase insandalwood productivity depends on the fertility of the planting media. Sawdust waste contains chemicalcompounds such as lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose. The method used in this study was CompletelyRandomized Design (CRD) with a comparison of the composition of the growing media used (A0) Soil(100% (control))10kg, (A1) 50% soil + 25% sawdust waste + 25% sand, (A2) 25% soil + 50% wastesawdust + 25% sand, (A3) 25% soil + 25% waste sawdust + 50% sand, (A4) 50% waste sawdust + 50%soil, (A5) 50% waste sawdust + 50% sand. The results of this study showed that the A3 treatment witharatio of 25% soil + 25% sawdust waste + 50% sand gave the highest average increase and hada verysignificant effect on germination rate, germination rate index and germination value.