Judul: Penerapan Teknik Konservasi Tanah dan Air Dalam Meningkatkan Produksi Kelapa Sawit.
Abstrak: Indonesia region like Lampung is less suitable for oil palm plantation, because of long dry season and low rainfall. One of the effort to solve the drought is application of soil and water conservation technique such a ridge terrace and silt pit. This research was aimed to study effectiveness of ridge terrace and silt pit treatment which were accomplished with “biopori” and vertical mulches on soil moisture content as well as growth and production of oil palm plantation; to study the correlation of soil moisture content and growth and production of oil palm. The research was conducted in Afdeling III, Rejosari Management Unit PT Perkebunan Nusantara VII, South Lampung. The area of research consisted of 3 blocks namely block 1 (375) with ridge terraces treatment, block 2 (415) with no treatment, and block 3 (414) with silt pits treatment. The research results show that application of conservation techniques were able to increase monthly of average soil moisture content where in the figure in block 1, block 3, and block 2 are 48.32%, 45.21%, and 43.64%, respectively. The appearance of frond fracture of the three blocks is not significantly different. The production of oil palm in block 1 (ridge terraces) and block 3 (silt pits) are higher than block 2 (control). The production of block 1, 2, and 3 are 25 343.18, 22 677.38, and 24 251.97 kg/ha/year, respectively. Correlation value of soil moisture content towards oil palm production are very low. The correlation of block 1 is 0.175, block 2 is 0.100, and block 3 is 0.059. Correlation value of number ripe fresh fruit bunches and female infloresence nine months before on block 1, 2, and 3 are 0.628, 0.230, and 0.539, respectively.
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Judul: Pengaruh teknik konservasi tanah dan air terhadap perubahan cadangan air tanah pada perkebunan kelapa sawit
Abstrak: Pengusahaan kelapa sawit memerlukan jangka waktu yang panjang sebelum mencapai produksi maksimum pada umur 10 - 15 tahun. Kelapa sawit tumbuh baik pada kawasan dengan curah hujan tahunan 2000 - 3000 mm tanpa adanya bulan kering yang jelas. Bulan kering yang panjang pada perkebunan kelapa sawit di Lampung mengakibatkan defisit air dan mengganggu produktivitas kelapa sawit. Untuk itu perlu diperlukan tindakan konservasi tanah dan air yang mampu memanen curah hujan pada musim hujan sehingga bisa dimanfaatkan pada musim kemarau. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan teknik konservasi tanah dan air yang mampu meresapkan air ke dalam tanah sehingga dapat digunakan sebagai cadangan air tanah pada musim kemarau. Penelitian dilakukan pada 3 (tiga) microcatchment di Afdeling 3 Unit Usaha Rejosari PTPN VII Propinsi Lampung dari bulan Februari – bulan Juni 2006. Teknik konservasi tanah dan air yang dilakukan pada dua microcatchment adalah perlakuan teras gulud pada Blok 375 (Blok 1) dan perlakuan rorak pada Blok 414 (Blok 3), sedangkan microcatchment ketiga sebagai kontrol (tanpa perlakuan) terletak pada Blok 415 (Blok 2). Perlakuan guludan dan rorak dilengkapi dengan lubang peresapan dan mulsa vertikal.
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Judul: Metrik Einstein (Anti-) Self-Dual Berdimensi Empat dengan Metode Cartan
Abstrak: Gravitational field equation can be formulated in differential forms (differential geometry), which describes gravity as a manifestation of the curvature of space-time. Curvature of space-time is characterized by a metric that satisfies the gravitational field equation. With differential forms it can be formulated the (anti-) self-dual Einstein equation, which is a modification of the Cartan structure in (anti-) self-dual basis. Calculation of (anti-) self-dual metric with (anti-) self-dual Einstein equation is simpler than the calculation using Christoffel symbols.
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