Judul: Varieties of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Response on Weeding Frequency
Abstrak: The presence of weeds in peanut cultivation can suppress the growth, development, and productivity of peanut plants. The use of varieties and weeding is one of the efforts to suppress weed growth in the peanut area. This study aimed to study the response of several peanut varieties to the frequency of weeding weeds to compare the growth and yield of peanut plants. This research design used a factorial completely randomized block design (RKLT) consisting of two factors, namely peanut varieties (Hypoma 1, Talam 1, and Tasia 2) and weeding frequency (without weeding, 1x weeding, and 2x weeding). The results showed that the variety had no effect on the total dry weight of weeds, number of leaves, number of empty pods, plant fresh weight, and productivity. Weeding frequency treatment significantly affected weed dry weight, plant height, number of leaves, fresh and dry weight of peanuts, number of pods, dry weight of pods, and productivity. The 2x weeding treatment gave significantly different growth and productivity results from other weeding frequencies with the highest average productivity of 2.4 tons ha-1. The interaction of the two factors on the yield of peanuts had a significant effect on the total number of pods and the number of filled pods. The higher weed competition in peanut plants can suppress the growth and productivity of peanut plants
Keyword: Competion, Productivity, Rottboellia exaltata, Weeds

Judul: Performance test of walking type cultivator for weeding on peanut gajah variety
Abstrak: Peanut plant weeding was commonly done manually utilize sickle, hoe, and by hand. Objective of the research was to test walking type cultivator performances included of weed cover, weeding efficiency, weeding field efficiency, plant productivity, weeding cost, and compare weeding results manually and mechanically. Results of the research showed that weed cover after first and second manual weeding were 0% and 2.36% , while it was done mechanically were (0.35-3.31)% and (3.52-18.40)%. First and second manual weeding efficiencies were 100% and 89.41%, while it was done mechanically were (72.79-96.70)% dan (56.38-78.89)%. First and second mechanical weeding field efficiencies were (49.33-73.49)% and (37.85-56.86)%. Peanut wet pods productivity manually and mechanically were 3.18 ton/ha and (1.28-1.71) ton/ha. Weeding cost manually and mechanically were Rp 1,214,286/ha and (Rp 570,877/ha – Rp 904,387/ha).
Keyword: cost, efficiency yields, cultivator, weeds, weeding

Judul: Elektrodeposisi Film Tipis Semikonduktor Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) pada Substrat Kaca ITO
Abstrak: Semiconductor Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film that can be used as absorber layers on solar cell module was made via electrodeposition method. CZTS thin film was electrodeposited on the surface of a silicate glass coated with a thin layer of indium tin oxide (ITO). Deposition process was done using potentiostatic mode at room temperature with a potential of 1.05 V for 30, 45, and 60 minutes, followed with annealing the film at 2 different temperatures, 500 ºC using furnace and 180 ºC using hot plate, both treatments for 45 minutes in N2/H2S atmosphere. The X-ray difractograms were analyzed using Match 2 program and showed that the CZTS thin films had kesterit crystalline structure, with a low percentage of CZTS phase. The thin film also contained secondary phases such as Cu2S, ZnS, and SnS. The obtained CZTS thin films had a thickness between 1.039 and 1.676 μm. Absorption study showed that the band gap energy of CZTS thin films which was annealed using furnace ranged from 1.50 to 1.52 eV, whereas that annealed using the hot plate was not observed. The band gap energy value showed that CZTS thin films can be used as sunlight absorber layers on solar cell. The formation of CZTS crystal film on this investigation was effectively performed using furnace annealing process at a temperature of 500 ºC with deposition time of 45 minutes.
Keyword: Thin film, Electrodeposition, Cu2ZnSnS4