Abstract:
The research was aimed to analyze the diversity of durio germplasm in
Kabupaten Kampar, Propinsi Riau based on morphological characters.
Characterization was done for stem, leave,flower, fruit, and seed characters,
organoleptic test at fruit and made herbarium for leaves. This study obtained 32
individuals were apparent different based on their morphological traits. Fifteen
individuals from 3 villages in Kecamatan Tambang and 17 individuals from 4
villages in Kecamatan Kampar Timur. Eight of them showed good performance
for fruit characters, namely T5, KUl, KU3, K l , K2, K3, KS2, dan KS5.
Dissimilarity among 32 individuals based on Manhattan coefficient ranged from
0,24 to 0,98 with averse was 55%. Cluster analisys using UPGMA method
showed that all of individuals were clustered at 0,70 (70%).
