Judul: Analisis Usahatani Melon Apollo Berdasarkan Standar Operasional Prosedur (SOP) dan Non SOP di Kota Cilegon
Abstrak: Standard operating procedures (SOP) of cultivation melon apollo varieties constituting a form of rules in the activities of cultivation that the goal is to increase the productivity, based on uniformity fruit characteristics, and increase the income of farmers and the regions particularly in Cilegon. The objective of the study is to compare SOP application, to analyze input that affects the cost structure of farming which apply SOP and non SOP, and to analyze the income of melon farmer. The result showed productivity, income of both SOP and non SOP were siginificantly different at α 10 percent, but the value of R/C ratio between the SOP and non SOP having value not different. So that SOP of benefits against the productivity and income of farmers, so the SOP of the farming business to continue.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), SOP, melon varieties of apollo, income

Judul: Dayasaing Usahatani Melon Apollo di Kota Cilegon.
Abstrak: Melon Apollo merupakan salah satu varietas melon unggul. Kota Cilegon sengaja dipilih menjadi lokasi penelitian karena merupakan penghasil melon Apollo terbesar di Provinsi Banten. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu : (1) menganalisis dayasaing usahatani melon Apollo di Kota Cilegon, (2) menganalisis pengaruh kebijakan pemerintah dan pengaruh perubahan faktor eksternal terhadap keuntungan dan dayasaing usahatani melon Apollo. Penelitian ini dianalisis menggunakan metode Matriks Analisis Kebijakan (PAM) dan analisis sensitivitas. Hasil analisis menunjukan bahwa usahatani melon Apollo di Kota Cilegon memiliki dayasaing karena memiliki nilai PCR < 1 (0.526) dan DRCR < 1 (0.572). Secara keseluruhan, kebijakan input-output yang diterapkan oleh pemerintah sudah efektif dalam meningkatkan dayasaing. Analisis sensitivitas menunjukan bahwa produktivitas output sensitif mempengaruhi dayasaing, sedangkan harga output, harga input, dan kurs rupiah tidak sensitif dalam mempengaruhi dayasaing melon Apollo.
Keyword: Melon Apollo, Dayasaing, Matriks Analisis Kebijakan, Kebijakan Pemerintah, Analisis Sensitivitas

Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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