Judul: Aplikasi Slag dan Kombinasinya dengan Trass untuk Memperbaiki Sifat Kimia Tanah Gambut dan Produksi Padi
Abstrak: This study is aimed to evaluate the effect of slag and its combination with trass to soil chemical properties and yield of rice crop (Oryza sativa) planted on peat soil and its efficiency against conventional fertilizers. The study was conducted with the Completely Randomized Design (CRD) model consisting of: standard fertilization (100% recommendation dosage), slag, and combination of slag and trass. Doses of slag as a single treatment were 2, 4, 6 %, whereas doses at combination of slag and trass were (0 + 5)%, (1.25-+3.75)%, (2.5 +2.5)%, (3.75 +1.25)%, and (0 +5)%. Each treatment consists of 4 (four) replicates. The results indicated that the soil pH, availability of P, K, Ca, and Mg and plant nutrient uptake of N, P, K, and Si both single and combination treatment were higher than controls and standards. Plant uptake and fertilizer efficiencies of N, P, and K was highest at 6% treatment. Slag of 6% had highest production (Weight of Grain and Filled Grain) than other treatments.
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Judul: Pengaruh terak baja terhadap sifat kimia tanah serta pertumbuhan dan produksi tanaman Padi (Oryza Sativa) pada tanah gambut dalam dari Kumpeh, Jambi
Abstrak: Serious efforts to achieve self sufficiency in rice to fullfil consumption of population growth in Indonesia become very important. One of the most important problems was the decrease of fertile land in Java along with significant numbers of land conversion to nonagricultural usage. One of the important effort to overcome this problem was utilizing peatlands outside Java. Utilizing of peatland for rice cultivation faces many problems such as soil acidity and toxicity of organic acid which effect to crop growth. Steel slag is a by-product furnace in the process of steel manufacturing. These materials can be used as liming material for improving chemical properties of peat soil. This research purposed to evaluate effect of steel slag on chemical properties of soils and also rice growth and yield. Research was carried out of pot experiment in greenhouse by using peat soils from Kumpeh, Jambi. Slags were applied in dosage 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5% or 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 g / pot, combined with NPK fertilizer in dosage 50 and 75% from standard, compared with control and standard. The result shows that steel slag significantly improved chemical properties of soils such as raised soil pH, exchangeable Ca and Mg, and available Mn in soils. Toxic heavy metal in rice and soils were given by NPK fertilizer treatment. Steel slag also significantly increased rice yield and growth, reduced unfilled spikelets, and also increased nutrient rate of Ca and Mg in crop. In addition, steel slag reduced usage of conventional fertilizer. This was shown by higher value of fertilizer efficiency on steel slag treatment.
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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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