Judul: Agronomic performance and seed oil content of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) in wet climate of Bogor
Abstrak: Performance of agronomic characters of physic nut was determined on several physic nut genotypes in high rainfall area of Bogor, West Java since January 2010 until September 2011. The research used completely randomized block design with single factor, i.e genotypes (IP-1A, IP-1M, IP-2P, Lombok Timur,Lombok Tengah, Lombok Barat, Sumbawa Besar and Bima) and three replicates. There were two stages of research. In the first stage (January 2010 – December 2010), the plants were without pruning since planting, while in the second stage (January 2011 – September 2011) the plants were pruned. Observation on the first stage showed that the most productive physic nut in high rainfall was the IP – 1A genotype (87.7 kg/ha), and observation on the second stage showed that the most productive physic nut after pruning in high rainfall was the IP – 2P genotype (1014.2 kg/ha). The characters influencing the yield were number of fruits/plant, fruit weight, and number of seeds/plant. The highest oil content (seed basis) was achieved by Lombok Tengah genotype (32.61 %) while on kernel basis it was 53.34 %.
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Judul: Respon Fisiologis Jarak Pagar (Jatropha curcas) Andromonoecious pada Perlakuan Cekaman Kekeringan
Abstrak: Physicnut (Jatropha curcas) is generally a monoecious plant and can grow well on degraded land in eastern Indonesia, for example in Dompu. While, andromonoecious physicnut still rare. One factor suppressing plant growth and development throughout is drought condition. Physiological response andromonoecious physicnut of three parent plants experiencing drought stress was analyzed based on content of proline and ascorbic acid. Experimental design was used completely randomized factorial design. Andromonoecious physicnut which given drough stress treatment has different physiological responses. Andromonoecious physicnut parent plant number 5 has better response and more tolerant of drought than those of parent plant number 1 and 6. Parent plant number 5 can survive by increasing the number of leaves and proline content until the 15th day, and ascorbic acid content until 12th day of drought stress. In addition, parent plant number 5 also increasing number of lateral roots in 3th day and extending primary root in 9th day of drought stress.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), drought stress, andromonoecious, physicnut (Jatropha curcas), physiological response

Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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