Judul: Isolasi dan seleksi Rhizobium dari tanaman bangkuang (Pachyrhizus erosus)
Abstrak: Meningkatnya kebutuhan pupuk dalam usaha pertanian sekarang ini, terutama pupuk nitrogen yang dibutuhkan dalam jumlah yang cukup banyak, telah mendorong para peneliti mencari cara untuk memenuhi kebutuhan tersebut. Salah satu cara yang dapat dilakukan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pupuk nitrogen tersebut adalah dengan menggunakan tanaman yang dapat menambat nitrogen bebas secara biologi. Hanya beberapa mikroorganisme saja yang dapat melakukannya dengan bantuan enzim tertentu, misalnya simbiosis tanaman famili Leguminoceae dengan bakteri pemfiksasi nitrogen yaitu Rhizobium. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan isolat Rhizobium yang mempunyai kemampuan dalam menambat N₂ udara yang tinggi. Penelitian dilakukan di rumah kaca Jurusan Tanah, Fakultas Pertanian. IPB, sedangkan persiapan inokulum dilakukan di Laboratorium Biologi Tanah Jurusan Tanah, IPB. Penelitian berlangsung dari bulan April sampai September 2000. Isolat yang digunakan berasal dari empat Propinsi. Media yang digunakan untuk isolasi Rhizobium, yaitu YEMA (Yeast Extract Manitol Agar), sedangkan media tanam bangkuang pasir. Isolasi dilakukan dengan cara mengumpulkan akar tanaman dan tanah disekitar akar bangkuang. Parameter yang diamati adalah tinggi tanaman, bobot basah dan bobot kering akar, bobot basah dan bobot kering tanaman, serta serapan nitrogen total tanaman…dst
Keyword: Rhizobium, Tanaman bangkuang, pupuk nitrogen

Judul: Rhizobium  Pada Tanaman Bangkuang (Pachyrhizus Erosus) Dari Beberapa Daerah Di Indonesia
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) mengisolasi Rhizobium dari bintil (akar) bangkuang pada tanah yang berasal dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia; (2) memperoieh isolat Rhizobium yang memiliki kemampuan tinggi dalam menambat N2 udara, (3) mempelajari pengaruh inokulasi Rhizobium temadap pertumbuhan dan serapan N oteh bangkuang.
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Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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