Judul: Evaluation of Agronomic Traits and Yield  Potential of 60 Maize Hybrids (Zea mays L.)
Abstrak: Produksi jagung nasional di Indonesia masih perlu ditingkatkan melalui pengembangan varietas-varietas unggul hibrida untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pangan, pakan, dan industri. Hibrida yang diuji perlu dilakukan evaluasi dan dibandingkan dengan varietas pembanding. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengevaluasi keragaan agronomi dan potensi hasil pada 60 hibrida uji hasil program pemuliaan IPB. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada November 2022 hingga Maret 2023 di Kebun Percobaan Leuwikopo, Bogor. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan augmented kelompok lengkap teracak dengan 60 genotipe dan 3 kelompok. Genotipe yang diuji meliputi 6 pembanding, yaitu BISI 18, JHG02, P21, P27, NK Perkasa, dan NK Sumo dengan tiga ulangan, serta 60 hibrida uji tanpa ulangan. Terdapat keragaman genotipe uji jagung pada seluruh peubah pengamatan, kecuali umur berbunga jantan, umur berbunga betina, umur panen, dan jumlah tongkol per tanaman. Semua peubah kuantitatif yang diamati memiliki nilai heritabilitas arti luas yang tinggi, kecuali umur berbunga jantan dan jumlah tongkol per tanaman. Hibrida uji yang potensial adalah H1 x L27, P42 x L23, L15 x L53, L68A x H1, MR14 x B1, P42 x L27, L15 x B4B, B4 x L23, B4 x B1, Nei x P2, P10 x L152, P42 x P10, L15 x Nei, dan L68B x B4B. Produksi hibrida uji tertinggi P42 x L23, National production of maize in Indonesia needs to be increased through the development of superior hybrid maize varieties for food, feed, and industries. The hybrid candidates need to be evaluated and compared with the check varieties. This research aimed to evaluate the agronomic performance and yield potential of 60 maize hybrids from the IPB University breeding program. This research was conducted from November 2022 to March 2023 at the Leuwikopo Experimental Station, Bogor. This study used an augmented randomized complete block design with 60 genotypes and 3 blocks. The genotypes include 6 check varieties, namely BISI 18, JHG02, P21, P27, NK Perkasa, and NK Sumo with three replications, and 60 test hybrids without replication. The genotype effect was significant for all traits observed except for days to tasseling, days to silking, days to harvest, and number of ears per plant. All observed quantitative traits have a high broad-sense heritability estimate except days to taselling and number of ears per plant. The potential hybrid candidates are H1 x L27, P42 x L23, L15 x L53, L68A x H1, MR14 x B1, P42 x L27, L15 x B4B, B4 x L23, B4 x B1, Nei x P2, P10 x L152, P42 x P10, L15 x Nei, dan L68B x B4B. The test hybrid having the highest yield was P42 x L23.
Keyword: evaluation, hybrid, maize breeding, yield

Judul: Agronomic Performance and Yield Potential of 30 Maize Hybrids under Biotic Stress Conditions
Abstrak: Jagung adalah komoditas yang memiliki nilai ekonomis dengan permintaan meningkat setiap tahunnya sehingga perlu dilakukan peningkatan potensi hasil. Banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi potensi hasil jagung sehingga perlu dilakukan pengujian terhadap calon varietas baru. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengevaluasi keragaan agronomi dan potensi hasil 30 hibrida jagung. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Grujukan, Puger Kulon, Jember mulai dari bulan September 2020 hingga Januari 2021. Rancangan percobaan yang digunakan yaitu rancangan kelompok lengkap teracak dengan tiga ulangan. Terdapat 32 genotipe yang diuji yaitu 30 genotipe berasal dari persilangan antara galur IPB dengan galur koleksi Balitsereal dan dua varietas pembanding (BISI 2 dan NK6172). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat keragaman antar genotipe pada karakter daya tumbuh, umur berbunga jantan, tinggi tanaman, tinggi tongkol utama, diameter batang, diameter tongkol, jumlah baris biji, jumlah biji dalam baris, bobot tongkol, bobot biji per tongkol, bobot seribu biji, kadar air, dan rendemen hasil. Genotipe juga berpengaruh nyata terhadap ketahanan terhadap serangan ulat dan bulai. Terdapat sepuluh genotipe uji yang memiliki potensi hasil setara dengan kedua varietas pembanding, dan yang terbaik diantaranya yaitu P13xNei., Maize is a commodity having a high economic value with increasing demand over years, and therefore it is necessary to increase its production. Several factors affected maize yield, so it is important to evaluate the prospective of new varieties. This research aimed to evaluate the agronomic performance and yield potential of 30 maize hybrids. The research was conducted at Grujukan, Puger Kulon, Jember from September 2020 to January 2021. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with three replications. Thirty two maize hybrids, consisting of 30 hybrids of IPB lines x ICERI lines, and two commercial hybrid varieties as checks (BISI 2 and NK6172), were evaluated. The results indicated variations among genotypes for character of growth percentage, days to anthesis, plant height, main ear height, stem diameter, ear diameter, number of grain rows per ear, number of grain in rows, ear weight, grain weight per ear, 1000 grain weight, grain moisture, and yield percentage. In addition, the genotype also had significant effects on fall armyworm and downy mildew resistance. Ten test hybrids had a comparable yield potential with the two check varieties, and the best among which was P13xNei.
Keyword: hybrid evaluation, maize breeding

Judul: Metrik Einstein (Anti-) Self-Dual Berdimensi Empat dengan Metode Cartan
Abstrak: Gravitational field equation can be formulated in differential forms (differential geometry), which describes gravity as a manifestation of the curvature of space-time. Curvature of space-time is characterized by a metric that satisfies the gravitational field equation. With differential forms it can be formulated the (anti-) self-dual Einstein equation, which is a modification of the Cartan structure in (anti-) self-dual basis. Calculation of (anti-) self-dual metric with (anti-) self-dual Einstein equation is simpler than the calculation using Christoffel symbols.
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