Diversity of VarioUS ACCESSES OF ARBILA (Phaseolus lunatus L.) AS FOOD AND FEED IN WEST AMARASI SUB-DISTRICT, KUPANG REGENCY BASED ON SEED MORPHOLOgy
Abstrak
This study aims to evaluate the diversity of various accessions of arbila (Phaseolus lunatus L.) as food
and feed in Amarasi Barat District, has been carried out in Amarasi Barat District Kupang Regency for 5
months, through surveys and observations of seed characters. Materials used were Phaseolus lunatus L.
beans, digital scale, and calipers. Variable observed were number of accessions, color patterns, dry weigh
per 100 beans, beans length, width, and thickness. The result showed that in Amarasi Barat Sub-regency,
Phaseolus lunatus L. could be grouped by the variables into 30 different groups, with single color and 2
color pattern. Beans dry weight ranges from 20.45 – 129.79 g/100 beans, bean length ranges from 1.01 –
2.29 cm, bean width ranges form 0.79 – 1.72 cm and bean thickness ranges from 0.43 – 0.0,93 cm. There
was 1 accession (3.33%) with heavy seed category, 3 accessions (10%) with medium seed weight category,
and 26 accessions (86.67%) with light seed weight category. 7 accessions (23.33%) were classified as long
and wide, 23 accessions with length and width were classified as medium and 14 accessions (46.66%) were
classified as thick, and 16 accessions (53.33%) were classified as medium. It was concluded that based on
bean morphology, there are 30 different accessions of Phaseolus lunatus L. in Amarasi Barat Sub-district
that differs in color patern, weight, length, width, and thickness, used as food and feed.
Key words: accessions, Amarasi Barat, arbila (Phaseolus lunatus L.), diversity of beans, food and feed
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