Judul: Wood Decomposers in Six Community Wood Species at Two Locations
Abstrak: Kayu memiliki hubungan erat dengan rayap dan jamur sebagai dekomposer. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis jumlah kayu terserang rayap dan jamur pada enam jenis kayu rakyat selama enam bulan pengujian pada dua lokasi berbeda, menganalisis tingkat kerusakannya, serta mengidentifikasi spesies rayap dan jamur yang menyerangnya. Penelitian dilakukan pada dua lokasi, yaitu Arboretum Fakultas Kehutanan dan Lingkunan IPB serta permukiman di Bogor Asri, Kecamatan Cibinong, Kabupaten Bogor. Kayu yang diuji adalah Acacia mangium, Falcataria moluccana, Anthocephalus cadamba, Maesopsis eminii, Pinus merkusii, dan Hevea brasiliensis. Pengujian dilakukan berdasarkan ASTM D 1758-06. Jumlah kayu terserang meningkat seiring dengan lama waktu pengujian dan serangannya di arboretum (75%) lebih tinggi dibanding di permukiman (39,4%). Tingkat kerusakan kayu tertinggi di arboretum adalah kayu karet (35,4 g) sedangkan di permukiman adalah kayu pinus (18,9 g). Jenis rayap tanah yang ditemukan adalah Macrotermes sp., Microtermes sp., Schedorhinotermes sp., dan Odontotermes sp. Jenis jamur pelapuk yang ditemukan adalah Aspergillus sp., Mucor sp., Trichoderma sp., Gliocladium sp., Mycelia sterilia, dan cendawan merah., Wood has a close relationship with termites and fungi as decomposers. This study aims to analyze the frequency of termite and fungal attacks on six community wood species during six months testing period at two different locations, to analyze the intensity of wood damage, and to identify the species of termites and fungi that attack them. The research was conducted at two locations, namely the Arboretum of the Faculty of Forestry and Environment of IPB and the settlement area in Bogor Asri, Cibinong District, Bogor Regency. The woods tested were Acacia mangium, Falcataria moluccana, Anthocephalus cadamba, Maesopsis eminii, Pinus merkusii, and Hevea brasiliensis. The tests were carried out according to ASTM D 1758-06. The frequency of attacks increased with the length of time of testing and the attacks were higher in arboretum (75%) than in settlement (39,4%). The highest intensity of wood damage in the arboretum was rubber wood (35,4 g); in settlements, it was pine wood (18,9 g). The subterranean termites found were Macrotermes sp., Microtermes sp., Schedorhinotermes sp., and Odontotermes sp. The rot fungi found were Aspergillus sp., Mucor sp., Trichoderma sp., Gliocladium sp., Mycelia sterilia, and red fungi.
Keyword: arboretum, rot fungus, settlement, subterranean termites

Judul: Pengujian Ketahanan Alami Kayu Sengon terhadap Jamur Pelapuk Kayu Schizophyllum commune, Pleurotus djamor dan Pleurotus ostreatus dengan Metode JIS K 1571-2004
Abstrak: Fungi is an organism heterotroft that obtains energy by absorbing food from other organic materials, one of which is wood. Wood destroying fungi lives off wood components, such as cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin which are biochemically overhauled with the help of enzymes. Well know wood in the trade to date approximately 400 types. Around 80–85% of Indonesian woods had low resistance class which it’s very easy attacked by wood decay fungi. For instance Falcatria molucana, Acacia mangium dan Pinus merkusii (Yunasfi 2008). Kinds of it which potentially most decaying off the woods are Schizophyllum commune, Pleurotus ostreatus and Pleurotus djamor. This study aims to determine the potential that three kinds on wood decay fungi and the potential quality of wood to three decay fungi based on JIS K 1571-2004 method. The results showed that all three types of wood rot fungi used in this test has the potential to lower the weight of the wood sample. Fungi are the most potent in lowering weight sengon is S. commune with the percentage reduction in timber weight by 3,7%. P. ostreatus and P. djamor only have the potential to decrease the weight of each of 1,5 and 1,1%. Fungi significantly affect the percentage reduction in timber weight, the percentage weight loss of wood obtained from the results of laboratory tests the durability of wood used as a parameter. From these results it sengon wood into class II (resistant), while according to the Seng (1990) sengon wood balance to class IV–V (not resistance) so it can be said that this research has not succeeded. Discrepancy value of the percentage reduction in weight of wood sample with literature, because they suspected the existence of fungal hyphae into the sample wood so that hamper the final weight after the test sample is fed finished. Based on visual observations indicate multiple replication miselliums of fungi not full to close the wood. Ganerally the sample timber has been attacked fungal discoloration lighter (light brown). Its shows three types of fungi that is used is a white rot fungi
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Judul: Pembuatan dan Karakterisasi Prototipe Sel Surya Nanokristal n-TiO2/Dye/p-CuSCN
Abstrak: Dengan metode casting dan perlakuan annealing, dapat dibuat lapisan nanokristal semikonduktor TiO, pada substrat Transparant Conductive Oxide (TCO). Penambahan dye Methylviolet Thiocianate (MVSCN) dan lapisan CuSCN pada TiO, tersebut menghasilkan sel surya n-TiO,ldye/p-CuSCN yang dapat menyerap foton dan mengubahnya menjadi energi listrik.
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