Judul: Pola Sebaran Jaring Laba-Laba pada Pertanaman Padi
Abstrak: One obstacle of rice production is pests. Pests can be controled by spraying pesticides or utilize spiders as natural enemies. Spraying pesticides is part of conventional rice cultivation and utilization of the spider is part of an organic rice cultivation. The existence of spiders can be detected by its webs. Distribution of spider webs in conventional rice cultivation at the age 8 weeks after planting (WAP) and 10 WAP is random, while the distribution of the webs at the age 12 WAP is agregated which can be approximated by negative binomial. Distribution of spider webs in organic rice cultivation at the age 8 WAP is random while at the age 10 WAP and 12 WAP are uniform. For conventional rice cultivation at age 12 WAP, ARIMA is used to predict the number of webs on a line based on the number of the webs of preceeding lines. The best ARIMA equation obtained is ARIMA (1,0,2) with the RSME (Root Mean Squared Error) is 1.76.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), distribution, organic, MST, conventional, many spider webs

Judul: Population Abundance of Rice Pests and Predators in the Jajar Legowo and Conventional Planting System in Baregbeg Village, Lakbok District, Ciamis Regency
Abstrak: Padi (Oryza sativa L.) merupakan salah satu tanaman pangan penting di Indonesia. Hama menjadi salah satu faktor pembatas dalam peningkatan produksi padi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh informasi kelimpahan populasi hama pada pertanaman padi dengan sistem tanam jajar legowo dan konvensional di Desa Baregbeg, Kecamatan Lakbok, Kabupaten Ciamis, Jawa Barat. Penentuan tanaman contoh dilakukan dengan metode sampling diagonal pada empat subpetak dalam setiap petak pengamatan. Populasi hama dan musuh alami diamati mulai umur tanaman 3 minggu setelah tanam (MST) sampai 12 MST dengan interval satu minggu. Hama yang ditemukan pada sistem tanam jajar legowo dan konvensional adalah wereng batang cokelat (Nilaparvata lugens), keong mas (Pomacea canaliculata) dan walang sangit (Leptocorisa oratorius). Sedangkan predator yang ditemukan pada kedua sistem tanam adalah laba-laba serigala (Pardosa pseudoannulata) (Lycosidae) dan kumbang jelajah (Paederus fuscipes) (Staphylinidae). Secara umum kelimpahan hama pada kedua sistem tanam relatif rendah, namun ada kecenderungan populasi hama pada sistem tanam jajar legowo lebih rendah dibandingkan konvensional., Rice (Oryza sativa L) is one of the main food crop commodities in Indonesia. Plant pests are limiting factor in increasing crop production. This study aimed to get information pests population in rice cultivation using the legowo and conventional planting system in Baregbeg Village, Lakbok District, Ciamis Regency, West Java. The determination of the sample plants was carried out using a diagonal sampling method with four subplots in each plot. Pests and natural enemy populations were observed from the age of 3 weeks after planting (WAP) to 12 WAP with one week intervals. Pests found in the jajar legowo and conventional cropping systems were the brown planthoppers (Nilaparvata lugens), the golden snail (Pomacea canaliculate) and the rice bug (Leptocorisa oratorius). While the predators found in both cropping systems were the wolf spiders Pardosa pseudoannulata (Lycosidae) and the rove beetles Paederus fuscipes (Staphylinidae). In the general, the abundance of pests population in both planting system was relatively low, but there was a tendency for the pest population in the jajar legowo planting system to be lower than conventional.
Keyword: hama, populasi, predator, sistem tanam jajar legowo

Judul: Membran Komposit Kitosan-Zeolit untuk Aplikasi Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Abstrak: Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is a fuel cell that utilize methanol as the fuel source. The electrolyte membrane used in the DMFC system in this research was chitosan-zeolite composite membrane. The composite membrane was synthesized with chitosan-zeolite composition variation of 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, and 2:1. The membranes were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR) and scanning electron microscope, and for the specific gravity. Membrane performances were tested with methanol uptake, methanol permeability, conductivity, and potential difference in the DMFC system. The FTIR spectrum showed no formation of new functional groups inducating that the composite membrane was a result of physical mixing. Morphological analysis showed that the membrane was nonporous. Chitosan-zeolite 1:3 composite membrane had the highest specific gravity and methanol uptake, 1.4226 g/mL and 41.44%, respectively. The highest proton conductivity was showed by the 1:2 chitosanzeolite composite membrane, namely 7.2946× 10-7 S/cm. Based on this research results, chitosan-zeolite composite membrane can be applied in DMFC system.
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