EFEKTIFITAS EMPAT SPESIES LEGUM SEBAGAI INANG ANTARA TANAMAN HEMI-PARASIT CENDANA (SANTALUM ALBUM L.)

Research to investigate the effectiveress of four legume species as intermediate host of sandalwood was conducted. the research consisted of five treatments; in four treatments, sandalwood was grown with c. siamea, a. leucophloea, a. farnesiana or a. villosa while in one experiment sandalwood was grown without host. host treatment significanlty affected growth of sandawood. based on sandalwood height, four legumes used as the best host for sandalwood was a. farnesiana. host treatment also affected sandalwood biomass. root, stem and leaf biomass of sandalwood grown with a. farnesiana were higher compared to sample grown with other host. generally, based on sandalwood biomass, c. siamea did not affected growth of sandalwood while a. leuophloea and a. villosa tended to reduce growth of sandalwood. number of leaf and leaf area were also different between treatments. the highest number was in sandalwood grown with c. siamea and a. farnesiana while grown with other host were lower. root length was marginally different between treatments. however, root of sandalwood grown with host was longer compare to sandalwood grown without host.