Judul: Pemanfaatan Trass Sebagai Sumber Silikon dan Pupuk MgO Untuk Padi di Tanah Gambut Dari Kumpeh, Jambi
Abstrak: The high number of Indonesian resident requires high food production to meet the food needs, especially the rice. Changes in land use from agricultural to non-agricultural land, reducing the ability of Indonesia for rice production. Therefore, the expansion of agricultural land on peatland is one alternative to increase rice production. However, peat as agricultural land has constraints i.e generally low in availability of macro and micro element, including Mg and Si. This study was a continuation of research by Fatmawaty ( 2013). Greenhouse trials conducted with a completely randomized factorial design with two factors which consisted of 12 treatments with 3 replicate, so there are 36 pot. Trials results showed that Trass increased crop height , number of tillers, soil Si availability and uptake of Si and P by rice plant. MgO increase soil pH, exchangeable of Mg, soil P availability, and uptake of Mg by rice plant. Trass as a source of Si was significantly increasing soil Si availability and uptake of Si by rice plant, so it can be used as fertilizer Si.
Keyword: Trass., Silica, Peat, MgO

Judul: Pengaruh Trass dan Kombinasinya dengan Abu Volkan terhadap Sifat Kimia Tanah dan Pertumbuhan Padi pada Tanah Gambut dari Kumpeh, Jambi
Abstrak: Nowadays in Indonesia, the problem of food crisis is still happening, due to increasing of population annually, needs to increase food availability. On the other hand, the productive land for agriculture have limitations because the large land conversion to non-agricultural land. The use of marginal land such as peat is an attempt to overcome the limited productive land for growing rice. Peat soils have low soil fertility level and acid soil reaction in nature. The conditions of peat soils require amelioration to improve soil fertility. The ameliorants that have potential to increase soil fertility are trass and volcanic ash. The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of trass and its combination with volcanic ash on soil chemical properties and rice growth. The research was conducted in a pot experiment using peat soils from Kumpeh, Jambi. Doses of trass as a single factor treatment were 0, 3, 6, and 9% or 0, 90, 180, and 270 gram/pot, and doses of the combination treatments between trass and volcanic ash were 0+7.5, 1.875+5.625, 3.75+3.75, 5.625+1.875, and 7.5+0% or 0+225, 56.25+168.75, 112.5+112.5, 168.75+56.25, and 225+0 grams/pot, the all treatments compared to standard fertilization. The research design was used Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The results showed that giving the trass as a single factor significantly increased the soil pH, Exchangable Al and Mg, available Zn and Mn, plant height, productive tillers, plant biomass, uptake of K, Si, and plant Zn. The combination trass with volcanic ash significantly increased the soil pH, Exchangable Al, total-N, Exchangable Na, available Zn and Mn, plant height, productive tillers, plant biomass, uptake of P, K, Si, and plant Zn. Beside that, combination trass with volcanic ash significantly improved the efficiency of P and K fertilization
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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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