Judul: Kemampuan Benih Kedelai (Glycine max L.) untuk Mempertahankan Viabilitasnya setelah Didera dengan Etanol
Abstrak: Seed lots with different viability levels, 60–80%, are needed for seed invigoration studies to improve seed vigor and crop yield. Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine an accelerated aging method with liquid ethanol (96%) producing the desirable seed-viability levels and the storability of the treated seeds on soybean (Glycine max L.). The experiments were conducted in the Seed Science and Technology Laboratory, Bogor Agricultural University from November 2012 to May 2013. Soybean seeds of varieties Gema, Burangrang, and Ijen were treated by different duration of soaking into 96% liquid ethanol. Viability of the treated seeds were tested with UKD-dp method. The seeds with desirable viability levels P20 and P40 , were stored in two storage conditions, 27–30°C with 61–72% RH and 22–27°C with 58–74% RH. The results indicated that soybean seed of varieties Gema, Burangrang, and Ijen, with viability level of 80% (P20 ) could be obtain by soaking the seed into ethanol 96% for 22 minutes 31.8 secons, 22 minutes 58.8 secons, 15 hours 19.8 minutes respectively, whereas those with viability level of 60% (P40 )were obtained by soaking durations of 99 minutes 27.6 secons, 109 minutes 34.2 secons, 40 hours 4.8 minutes, respectively. The seed with selected viability levels, (P20 ) and (P40 ), could maintain the viability for 8 weeks in the both storage conditions.
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Judul: Daya Simpan Benih Mentimun (Cucumis sativus L.) yang Telah Diusangkan dengan Perlakuan Etanol
Abstrak: Seed lots with different viability levels were needed in seed invigoration. The objectives of this research were to find out the method of Chemical Accelerated aging that could produce the desirable cucumber seed lot with 80% and 60% germination percentage, and the storability of the treated seeds. Seeds of three cucumber varieties (Misano, Monza, and Penus) were treated by different soaking duration in liquid ethanol 96% to produce 80% and 60% viabilitiy levels and then storedin ambient room (25-30 ºC and RH 57-75%) and AC room (20-28 ºC and RH 45-74%). Cucumber seed of varieties Monza, Misano, dan Penus with viability level of 80% (VL1) could be obtain by soaking the seed into ethanol liquid 96% for 80 minutes, 10 hours 48 minutes, and 4 hours, whereas those with viability level of 60% (VL2) were obtained by soaking duration of 170 minutes, 14 hours 44 minutes and 7 hours. Storage experiment showed that in ambient condition both viability level of Monza seed could maintained the viability for 4 weeks, Misano seed 2 weeks, whereas Penus seed 8 weeks. In AC condition Misano and Penus seed could maintained the viability for 8 weeks, whereas Monza seed 6 weeks.
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Judul: Studi Taksonomi Katak Subgenus Papurana (Lesson, 1831) dari Halmahera (Anura, Ranidae, Hylarana), Studi Taksonomi Katak Subgenus Papurana (Lesson, 1831) dari Halmahera (Anura, Ranidae, Hylarana
Abstrak: I reevaluated taxonomic of subgenus Papurana position from Halmahera based on morphological and molecular analyses. My results show that two separate species occur on the Halmahera Island, each nested within two distinct clades (hereafter papua clade and celebensis clade), one of which corresponds to H. moluccana (celebensis clade) and the other to an unidentified species (papua clade). By p-distance ranging from 6.9 to 11.5% on the 16S rRNA gene, the unidentified species (Hylarana sp.) is genetically different from all congeners of the papua clade. The Hylarana sp. can be distinguished from all congeners by following combination of charactes: vomer teeth in two oblique rows with narrow inter-vomer distance; snout rounded dorsally; dorsum with few scattered cone-shaped tubercles that are black with white tips; distinct skin folds (ridges) on the dorsal side of the thigh coinciding with dark brown cross bars; a marbled pattern on the ventral side of the thigh and yellowish groin. I also present new data for H. daemeli, H. volkerjane, and H. arfaki from the western region of Papua. Furthermore, I found that H. celebensis has numerous mtDNA lineages, indicating cryptic diversity within the celebensis clade. The discovery of two separate species on Halmahera necessitates more research into the biogeographic history of Hylarana in Northern Moluccas.
Keyword: frog, Halmahera, Hylarana, morphology, Papurana, phylogenetic