Judul: Screening and Characterization of Bacterial Antagonists as Potential Agents for the Biological Control of the Chrysanthemum White Rust Disease
Abstrak: White rust disease caused by Puccinia horiana (Basidiomycetes: Uredinales) is the major problem on chrysanthemum plantation and caused yield lost until 100%. Biocontrol is an alternative way to control this disease. Therefore, the aims of this study are to obtain antagonist bacterial as biocontrol agents of chrysanthemum white rust disease, to identify the potential isolate and their biocontrol character, charachterized their biocontrol mechanism, and to know the role of their chitinolytic activity on germination of teliospore. The methods used in this study are selection of antagonistic bacteria which are able to control this disease in-vitro, characterized of potential antagonist bacteria with polymerase chain reaction of a 16S rRNA gene and physiology and biochemical character, characterized the mechanism of inhibition teliospore germination, and the role of chitinolytic activity in antagonism activity using transposon mutagenesis. The result showed that out of 29 bacterial isolates, 12 isolates had chitinolityc activity. The twelve isolates were the potential antagonist agents to control teliospore germination with percentage above 90%. Isolate K2 was the most potential antagonist bacteria to control this disease. This isolate could inhibit the germination up to 98% and had the highest chitinolytic activity among the isolates. Based on 16S rRNA gene partial sequences analysis and physiology and biochemical characters, this isolate was identified as Chromobacterium sp. The major mechanism was antibiosis. It is showed from the biocontrol activity which are bacteria’s cell colonization, lytic activity, and disintegrated of protoplasm. This bacteria produced cyanide acid (HCN) and phenazine beside chitinolytic enzyme. Chitinolytic activity was not a single factor in the mechanism of antibiosis but other secondary metabolic compounds produced by this bacteria also come into play. It is showed on the results of mutagenesis that transconjugants which had no chitinolytic activity was still able to inhibit germination of teliospora, whereas transconjugants which still had an activity equal to or smaller than wild type bacteria, the inhibitory were lower. It was indicated that chitinase was not the most important compound that inhibited the germination of teliopsore. There was another compound have the bigger role such as hydrogen cyanide, phenazine, or other substances produced by Chromobacterium sp..
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Judul: The Use of Trichoderma hamatum and Fluorescent Pseudomonad BJ10-86 in Controlling Phytophthora capsici on Chili (Capsicum
Abstrak: Phytophthora capsici is an important plant infecting oomycete with a worldwide/cosmopolitan distribution. The pathogen has a wide host range, especially capsicums and cucurbits, and attacks nearly all plant parts and at all growth stages. Chemical control is proofing no longer effective due to reported pathogen resistance development, not to mention the related environmental concerns and the consumer demands for low, if not zero, use of fungicides. Biological control is a sustainable option. Several biocontol agents have been reported effective against this pathogen. In this research, the biocontrol activities of Trichoderma hamatum and fluorescent pseudomonad BJ10-86 against P. capsici were studied in order to propose an optimization of their application. The objectives of the biological control application were to improve chili pepper seed germination, reduce damping off disease incidence, and improve the growth of the seedlings. The studies were done in vitro as well as seed treatment assays and polybag application experiments. Fluorescent pseudomonad isolate BJ10-86 was subjected to molecular identification by amplifying the 16S rRNA region and sequencing the nucleotides before searching for similar sequences in the BLAST search engine. The isolate was identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and deposited in the GenBank under the accession number KM102771 as P. aeruginosa BJ10-86. The in vitro experiments involved plating the micro-organisms in dual and triple culture assays on agar media. The results showed that both biocontrol agents were compatible and increased the inhibition of P. capsici. Chili pepper seeds treated with the biocontrol agents, individually or in combination, were sown in commercial nursery media that had been pre-inoculated with P. capsici zoospores. Results of data collected over a period of 35 days indicated that seed treatment significantly (P=0.008) reduced damping off disease incidence. Combined application of T. hamatum and fluorescent pseudomonad BJ10-86 was the best biocontrol treatment with an area under disease progress curve (AUDPC) of only 36.61 units compared to 92.87 units in the control treatment. This combination was seen to increase biocontrol efficacy to 60.58%. Both organisms evidently had a synergistic interaction. Seed treatment had no effect on seed germination and seedling growth. In further experiments, the objective was to utilize synergism between T. hamatum and fluorescent pseudomonad BJ10-86 in order to reduce root and collar rot caused by P. capsici and promote chili pepper plant growth under field conditions. The treatments involved individual and combined polybag application of the biocontrol agents as conidial and bacterial cell suspension as soil drench. These were either administered 14 days before transplanting or during the transplanting day. The results indicated that fluorescent pseudomonad BJ10-86 increased the chili pepper plant height and number of leaves. Combined T. hamatum and fluorescent pseudomonad BJ10-86 had synergistic effects against root and collar rot disease incidence through delaying the disease onset. For better effects, these combined application of biocontrol agents should be at least 14 days before transplanting. Based on these findings, it is proposed that chili pepper seeds should be treated with a combination of both organisms. These organisms are effective at concentrations of 2×108 CFU ml-1 and 9.4×105 spores ml-1 for P. aeruginosa BJ10-86 and T. hamatum respectively.
Keyword: biological control, damping off, collar rot, synergism, growth promotion

Judul: Distribusi Massa Air Laut Jawa dari Data Hidrografi MAJAFLOX Cruise 2015.
Abstrak: Laut Jawa merupakan perairan dangkal yang dipengaruhi oleh Angin Muson dan Arlindo Selat Makassar. Pemahaman tentang stratifikasi dan distribusi massa air Laut Jawa dapat dilakukan dengan adanya data hidrografi dari MAJAFLOX Cruise pada bulan Agustus 2015. Data hidrografi didapatkan dari penurunan CTD di 14 stasiun pengamatan. Hasil penelitan menunjukkan bahwa stratifikasi vertikal massa air dicirikan oleh lapisan homogen yang kuat dari permukaan hingga dasar perairan. Hal tersebut terjadi akibat percampuran massa air yang kuat oleh aksi gelombang yang dibangkitkan Angin Muson Tenggara. Selain itu, ditemukan variasi spasial dalam arah utara-selatan, dimana karakteristik massa air di tepi selatan dan utara cukup berbeda dengan massa air di tengahnya. Massa air Laut Jawa pada puncak musim timur (Agustus) dicirikan dengan massa air yang hangat (27,18 °C – 28,11 °C), bersalinitas rendah (33,58 psu – 34,2 psu), dan ringan (21,33 kg/m3 – 22,06 kg/m3), kecuali pada stasiun 1 dan stasiun 5 yang cenderung lebih hangat dan lebih tawar dari stasiun lainnya. Pola sirkulasi permukaan menunjukkan salinitas yang relatif tinggi di bagian tengah Laut Jawa dan diduga berhubungan dengan suplai massa air Arlindo Selat Makassar. Variasi tahunan dari analisis keluaran model INDESO menunjukkan adanya stratifikasi massa air yang kuat pada musim peralihan.
Keyword: angin muson, keluaran model INDESO, MAJAFLOX Cruise 2015, pengukuran CTD, stratifikasi massa air