Growth of different moringa variety as rehabilitation plant material on marginal land

Abstract Moringa plants are able to adapt to extreme dry conditions and on low-fertility soils, so it is very conditional to be planted on marginal land rehabilitation. However, the main obstacle in the development is the availability of plant material that is ready for planting in large quantities. The objective of this study is to assess the growth of various varieties of moringa seedlings in various conditions of the growing environment so that they may be even more adaptive on marginal lands. The study was conducted on community-owned land in Pangi Village, North Parigi District, Parigi Moutong Regency, using a factorial randomized block design (RBD), which consists of three factors, namely variation in variety, variations in growing medium and variations in shading intensity. The results showed that there was an interaction between treatments on the observed parameters of plant height and number of leaves. The best on moringa seedling height is the rough yellow stems which is seeded on beach sandy soil under shading intensity of 75%. Whiles the parameters of the number of leaves of moringa seedlings that are able to form the most leaves are green gray stem varieties on beach sandy soils under shading intensity of 25%.