Cempo Ireng rice is local rice that is rich in anthocyanins. The issue with Cempo Ireng rice is its lengthy harvest life, high habitus, and low production. Plant mutations are one method for overcoming this. The study’s goal is to create better mutant plants with high yields. The study was conducted by placing three lines in plots from December 2019 to August 2020. The results were descriptively evaluated and compared to the control using the T-test. The results showed that the mutant plant was superior to black rice without irradiation (control). The line with the highest productivity value (per hectare) was line 51 which was 8.45 tons/ha. Line 44 has the highest average anthocyanin content of 75.10 ppm.

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Sapodilla (Achras zapota) is one type of tropical fruits with high economic value that are easily found in Indonesia. However, the number of productive plants has been decreased and affected the rate of fruit production. The objective of this research is to develop in vitro propagation of Achras zapota through meristem induction to provide great quality seedling. Type of explants (apical and lateral meristem) are cultured on Woody Plant Medium (WPM) and combined with different concentrations of BAP (0 ppm, 2 ppm, 3 ppm, 4 ppm, 5 ppm). Variables observed are shoot, leaf, root (emergence, length, number) and callus formation. The results show that all treatments able to induce shoot and leaf, but only several treatments able to induce root and callus formation. Lateral meristem is an appropriate explant to induce high number of leaves significantly and lateral meristem has the highest rate of multiplication 1.7 with application of BAP 2 ppm. The results can be used as reference to promote shoot multiplication. But further research is needed to determine proper combination to induce shoot multiplication significantly.