Judul: Optimization of Inoculation Time and FMA Level on Alfalfa Plants (Medicago sativa L.)
Abstrak: Alfalfa merupakan tanaman subtropis yang sulit beradaptasi di daerah tropis. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengevaluasi efektivitas pemberian fungi mikoriza arbuskula (FMA) berdasarkan waktu inokulasi dan level terhadap pertumbuhan tanaman alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Rancangan percobaan berupa Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) faktorial 2 x 6 dengan 20 ulangan. Faktor I yaitu waktu inokulasi, meliputi persemaian dan pembibitan. Faktor F yaitu level FMA, meliputi kontrol positif, 0 g FMA (A50F0), 5 g FMA (A50F5), 10 g FMA (A50F10), 15 g FMA (A50F15), dan 20 g FMA (A50F20). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan waktu inokulasi dan level FMA berpengaruh nyata (P<0,05) terhadap morfologi tanaman. Tanaman dengan inokulasi FMA memberikan respon yang baik terhadap kolonisasi FMA, berat segar dan kering tanaman alfalfa. Kesimpulan bahwa inokulasi FMA efektif meningkatkan produktivitas tanaman alfalfa (kolonisasi akar, tinggi, jumlah daun, jumlah tangkai daun, jumlah cabang, diameter batang, berat segar dan kering, serta warna daun) dibanding kontrol dan tanpa FMA. Inokulasi FMA pada periode persemaian cenderung lebih efektif. Inokulasi FMA level 20 g pada periode persemaian memberikan hasil yang baik secara konsisten., Alfalfa is a subtropical plant that is difficult to adapt to the tropics. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (FMA) application based on inoculation time and level on alfalfa plant growth (Medicago sativa L.). The experimental design is a 2 x 6 factorial completely randomized design (CRD) with 20 replications. Factor I is the time of inoculation, including nursery (I1) and seedling (I2). Factor F is FMA level, including positive control (A100F0), 0 g FMA (A50F0), 5 g FMA (A50F5), 10 g FMA (A50F10), 15 g FMA (A50F15), and 20 g FMA (A50F20). The results showed that inoculation time and FMA level had a significant effect (P<0.05) on plant morphology. Plants with FMA inoculation gave a good response to FMA colonization, fresh and dry weight of alfalfa plants. It is concluded that FMA inoculation effectively increases alfalfa plant productivity (root colonization, height, number of leaves, number of petioles, number of branches, stem diameter, fresh and dry weight, and leaf color) compared to control and without FMA. FMA inoculation in the nursery period tends to be more effective. FMA inoculation level of 20 g in the nursery period gave consistently good results.
Keyword: alfalfa, fungi, inokulasi, mikoriza arbuskula

Judul: Efektivitas Fungi Mikoriza Arbuskula (FMA) dalam Memperbaiki Produktivitas Rumput Gajah (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) Berdasarkan Periode Pemanenan
Abstrak: The use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) was expected to be an alternative environmentally friendly technology and efficiency of fertilizer to increase the productivity of forage. This study was aimed to determine the level of production of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) inoculated by AMF and fertilizer dose reduction based on different harvesting period. This research used Completely Randomized Factorial Design with 2 treatments and 3 replications. The first treatment was fertilizer: P0 (control), P1 (100% fertilizer dose), and P2 (50% fertilizer dose and inoculated by AMF). The second factor was the interval of harvest H30 (30th day of harvest), H50 (50th day of harvest, and H60 (60th day of harvest). Variables measured were plant height increment of each week, the production of dry weight on the first harvesting period, the production of dry weight on second harvesting period, and percent of infection AMF. It can be concluded that the P2H60 treatment with 10 grams of AMF inoculation and fertilizer dose 50% (SP36 75 kg/ha, KCl 75 kg/ha, manure 2 ton/ha, and urea 100 kg/ha) on 60th day of harvest elephant grass get the best production, either the first and second periods and more effective and efficient use of fertilizer.
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Judul: : Persamaan Tunggal sebagai Representasi Kurva Komposit
Abstrak: A mathematical method is introduced to represent a composite curve based on an extension of analytic geometry. The representation is given either with a single equation or with two equations, in the case of parametric representation. This method permits the representation of composite curves in similar manner to the conventional representation of non-composite curves. Some mathematical tools, including Heaviside unit step function and periodizer function, are used in the establishment of a single equation. In this paper, regular equations of regular and irregular polygon, as well as composite curves of two dimensions, are implemented using a computer algebraic system, Mathematica.
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