Judul: Isolasi Bakteri Endofit dari Tanaman Kehutanan dan Potensinya untuk Pengendalian Meloidogyne spp. pada Tanaman Tomat
Abstrak: Meloidogyne spp. is one of the main constraints of tomato production in Indonesia. Endophytic bacteria as a biocontrol agents is an alternative for controlling nematodes. The objective of this study was to isolate endophytic bacteria from forest plants and to evaluate its potential for controlling Meloidogyne spp. on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Endophytic bacteria were isolated from mahoni (Swietenia mahogany Jacq), trambesi (Albizia saman (Jacq.) Merr.), gaharu (Aquilaria malacensis), and meranti (Shorea sp.) with surface sterilization method using 70% alcohol, 4% NaOCl and steril water. The bacterial strain were cultured on tryptic soy agar (TSA) for two days. In vivo testing to determine the effect of bacteria for suppressing of nematode galls was conducted in the greenhouse with seed treatment. The result showed there are thirty three isolates of endophytic bacteria were isolated from the root of forest plant. twenty two isolates are negative reaction and eleven isolates are positif reaction after hypersensitive test using tobacco plant. Two isolates of endophytic bacteria MSJ1H and TSS1D were able to reduce gall number. Based on high plant indicator, soaking seed treatment with endophytic bacteria were able to increase the high of tomato plants.
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Judul: Seleksi Bakteri Endofit dari Tanaman Jabon, Sengon dan Tanjung untuk Pengendalian Meloidogyne sp. pada Tanaman Tomat.
Abstrak: Nematoda puru akar Meloidogyne sp. merupakan nematoda parasit tumbuhan yang menyerang akar dan menjadi masalah pada tanaman tomat. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menyeleksi bakteri endofit dari tiga spesies tanaman hutan, Jabon (Anthocephalus cadamba Miq.), Sengon (Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.) dan Tanjung (Mimusops elengi L.) serta mengevaluasi potensinya untuk pengendalian Meloidogyne sp. pada tanaman tomat. Bakteri endofit diisolasi dengan metode sterilisasi permukaan dengan menggunakan TSA sebagai media tumbuh. Sebanyak 11 isolat bakteri endofit berhasil diperoleh dari tiga akar tanaman tersebut. Hasil uji hipersensitif pada daun tembakau menunjukkan semua isolat bakteri endofit tidak berpotensi sebagai bakteri patogen. Beberapa isolat memiliki potensi untuk menekan dan mengurangi timbulnya puru akar pada tanaman tomat hingga lebih dari 80%.
Keyword: hipersensitif, isolat, nematoda, parasit tumbuhan, puru akar

Judul: The Effects of Variance of Interest rate to Variance of Annuity Future Values
Abstrak: Time value of money is a concept that refers to the difference of the value of money due to time difference. The value of money for present time would not be the same as the value of money in the future. The value of money for present time is called as Present Value (PV) of the money and the value of money for future time is called Future Value (FV) of the money. Determination the value of money, for present and future time, depends on the time and rate of return. The value of money is determined by several factors such as inflation, fluctuation of interest rates, and government policy in securities and taxation. Due to fluctuation of the value of money we need a FV formulation, it is useful for knowing whether an investment can be profitable or not, and this information is useful also in budget analysis. Annuity is defined as a series of payments made for a specific period. The payment, fixed or varied, can be made at the beginning or at the end of the period. Annuity paid at the beginning of the period is called annuity-due and annuity paid at the end of the period is called immediate annuity-certain. The accumulated value of the annuity after few years later is called as a final value or a future value. Burnecki et al. (2003) have discussed about the FV of a fixed-rate annuity in which payments are made according to the arithmetic or geometric series. They have also examined FV for annuities in which payments are made according to arithmetic or geometric series with random rates of interest. This paper examines FV for annuity-due in which payments are made according to arithmetic or geometric series with interest rates as a random variable, which is normal distribution ,  . Future value formula is expressed in recursive form. FV for annuity-due which payments are made according to the arithmetic or geometric series with random rates of interest is calculated by theoretical way and simulation way. The random rates of interest is denoted as k k i  i  , where k i an independent random variable; i is a constant and k  is a random variable which has normal distribution ,  . By using the determined parameters, a sequence of random rates of interest are generated for theoretical calculation. Meanwhile for the simulation, the random rates of interest is generated 1000 times for the simulation. The generated data give mean value, variance, and standard deviation. Moreover, error of mean value, variance, and standard deviation from the theoretical and simulation results are calculated. Error calculation uses Symmetric Mean Absolute Percentage Error (SMAPE). The smaller the value of SMAPE is the more accurate the simulation. The interest rate variances are varied from 0.000036 to 0.0001 to study the relationship between variance of rates of interest and variance of future value. The theoretical and simulation results show that when the variance of random rates of interest increases, then the variance of FV increases linearly. FV of the annuity-due in
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