Judul: Uji Efektivitas Pupuk Organik Hayati (Bio-Organic Fertilizer) dalam Mensubstitusi Kebutuhan Pupuk pada Tanaman Caisin (Brassica chinensis)
Abstrak: Currently, there are several factors which stimulate the increase of attention toward application of bio-organic fertilizer which is based on local raw materials in Indonesia. One of the factors is energy crisis which caused increasing price of fertilizer-raw materials, so that the producers were not able to fulfill the domestic demand for fertilizer. Therefore, the fertilizer price increased progressively, causing subsidy of fertilizers threefold increased. Beside that, there is also a growing awareness toward the potency of environmental pollution due to excessive and inefficient use of inorganic fertilizer.
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Judul: Effectivity of biofertilizer on growth and yield of caisin (brassica chinensis l.
Abstrak: Penurunan kualitas lahan pertanian Indonesia mengakibatkan produktivitas sayuran yang semakin menurun pula. Oleh karena itu perlu usaha dan strategi yang tepat untuk memperbaiki kualitas lahan, sekaligus menjaga kesuburan dan kesehatan tanah yaitu dengan pemanfaatan pupuk hayati. Pupuk hayati adalah produk biologi aktif yang terdiri dari mikroba yang dapat meningkatkan efisiensi pemupukan, kesuburan, dan kesehatan tanah. Penggunaan pupuk hayati pada suatu tanaman diharapkan tanaman tumbuh lebih sehat, bebas hama dan penyakit, daya hasil lebih tinggi, ramah lingkungan, berkelanjutan, dan dapat mereduksi penggunaan pupuk anorganik. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pupuk hayati terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman caisin yang dilaksanakan di lokasi kebun percobaan Leuwikopo, Darmaga, Bogor pada bulan Februari sampai April 2011. Penelitian ini menggunakan Rancangan Kelompok Lengkap Teracak (RKLT) dengan tujuh perlakuan dan tiga ulangan, sehingga terdapat 21 satuan percobaan. Perlakuan penelitian yaitu tanpa pupuk hayati dan NPK (P0), 1 dosis NPK (P1), pupuk hayati + 1 dosis NPK (P2), pupuk hayati + 0.75 dosis NPK (P3), pupuk hayati + 0.5 dosis NPK (P4), pupuk hayati + 0.25 dosis NPK (P5), dan pupuk hayati (P6). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pupuk hayati tidak dapat meningkatkan pertumbuhan tanaman caisin yang diukur dengan tinggi tanaman, jumlah daun, dan panjang akar. Pupuk hayati yang dikombinasikan dengan 0.5 sampai 1 dosis NPK mampu menghasilkan bobot basah tajuk per tanaman yang tidak berbeda dengan perlakuan 1 dosis NPK saja. Dengan demikian penggunaan pupuk hayati dapat mengurangi penggunaan pupuk anorganik urea, SP-36, dan KCl sampai 50 % dosis.
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Judul: Hamiltonian formulation for linear waves motion in two layers fluid
Abstrak: The surface wave could be considered as a wave that separates two fluids, namely water and air. Based on this assumption, it is introduced the interfacial wave, a wave between two layers of fluid with different density. The formulation of interfacial waves motion begins with deriving the base equation of irrotational ideal fluid. Furthermore, according to irrotational fluid assumption, the base equation can be stated in velocity potential. In this derivation, the fluids domain is assumed to be restricted by rigid lid boundary conditions, both at the upper and lower limit. Therefore, the interfacial waves motion can be explained in a hamiltonian formulation. In the hamiltonian formulation, total energy is defined as the sum of kinetic and potential energy. The hamiltonian system is obtained from reduction of kinetic energy by using the Dirichlet Neumann Operator. The resulted kinetic energy equation is nonlinear. Therefore, this form is linearized by first part of the Taylor expansion. This linearization gives a dispersion relation of linear wave. Based on this dispersion relation, the phase speed of the linear wave depends on the density ratio of the two layers fluid.
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