ABSTRAKKeberhasilan seleksi tanaman melalui pemuliaan ditentukan oleh keragaman genetik, nilai heritabilitas, korelasi antara karakter agronomi dan hasil panen. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui keragaman genetik, heritabilitas, dan pengaruh karakter agronomi terhadap hasil jagung hibrida. Percobaan dilaksanakan pada Februari-Mei 2016 di Kabupaten Grobogan, Jawa Tengah. Perlakuan terdiri atas 12 genotipe jagung hibrida, menggunakan rancangan acak kelompok dengan tiga ulangan. Karakter yang diamati adalah tinggi tanaman, tinggi letak tongkol, jumlah tongkol panen, bobot kupasan basah, rendemen, kadar air panen, bobot 100 biji, panjang tongkol, diameter tongkol, jumlah baris per tongkol, jumlah biji per baris, dan hasil panen biji. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tingginya keragaman genetik karakter agronomi jagung hibrida, kecuali diameter tongkol. Hampir semua nilai heritabilitas komponen hasil termasuk tinggi, kecuali bobot tongkol panen dan diameter tongkol. Secara genotipik, pengaruh langsung karakter tinggi tanaman, tinggi letak tongkol, dan panjang tongkol terhadap hasil biji tergolong tinggi. Secara fenotipik hanya bobot tongkol panen yang berpengaruh langsung terhadap hasil biji.Kata kunci: jagung, hibrida, keragaman genetik, korelasi, heritabilitas
ABSTRACTThe success of selection in plant breeding program is determined by genetic variabilities, heritability values and the correlation between agronomic characters and yield. The study aims to determine the genetic variability, heritability and the effec of agronomic characters to grain yield. The experiment was conducted in February to May 2016 in Grobogan, Central Java. The experiment consists of twelve genotypes of maize hybrids, arranged in a randomized block design with three replications. The characters observed were plant height, ear height, number of harvested ear, shelling percentage, moisture content of grain harvested, weight of 100 grains, ear length, ear diameter, number of rows per ear, number of seeds per row per ear, and grain yields. The results showed that the genetic variability of agronomic characters was broad, except ear diameter. Almost all of the heritability values of yield components were high, except harvested ear weight and ear diameter. The characters of plant height, ear height and as the genotypic gave high of a direct effect on the yield higher, while direct effect of the phenotypic character of ear hairves on grain yield are higher.