Judul: Fenologi Pembungaan Pinang Yaki (Areca vestiaria Giseke) di Kebun Raya Bogor
Abstrak: One of the palm genus that available widely in Indonesia is Areca. Areca vestiaria is a palm species endemic in Sulawesi which has an unique characteristics and important components in a tropical rainforest. A. vestiaria has many functions, such as, materials for handicrafts, medicinal herb of diabetes, and for male tonic. Based on the benefits, people will continue to use it. Uncontrolled utilization will lead it to extinction. Hence, need of conservation to preserve it. For this reason, it is necessary assess aspects of flowering phenology of A. vestiaria. Samples consist of lowland and upland Sulawesi accessions. Parameter of flower phenology consist of period of development flowering time, at each development phase, and the micro-climate factors. Flowering of A. vestiaria includes of initiation, bud towards anthesis, anthesis, and young fruit until maturity. The result showed that in each phase has a different time. Overall, the flowering development was not directly affected by a particular micro-climate factors. The insects visitors dominant were Trigona sp. and windspeed was caused high persentage of pollination.
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Judul: Fenologi Pembungaan Pinanga (Palmae) di Kebun Raya Bogor
Abstrak: Pinanga (Palmae) memiliki keragaman jenis yang besar dan tersebar dari Himalaya dan China Selatan hingga Papua New Guinea. Pinanga memiliki beberapa kegunaan yaitu sebagai tanaman hias, obat, dan lain-lain. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan fenologi pembungaan dan serangga pengunjung pada P. coronata, P. celebica, dan P. insignis. Penelitian menggunakan metode deskriptif yang meliputi waktu, tahapan perbungaan, ciri morfologi, faktor lingkungan yang mempengaruhi dan serangga pengunjung. Tahapan perbungaan Pinanga meliputi inisiasi, kuncup menuju antesis, antesis dan penyerbukan. Pada Fase inisiasi terjadi pertambahan ukuran pelepah, daun berwarna kuning dan layu. Fase kuncup menuju antesis ditandai dengan seludang sudah terlihat dan terjadi perubahan kemiringan sudut antara seludang terhadap batang. Fase antesis ditandai dengan terjadinya pemekaran sempurna dari kuncup bunga saat petal membuka sempurna. Fase penyerbukan ditandai dengan bunga jantan sudah mulai rontok dan adanya serangga pengunjung. Pinanga coronata memiliki fase perbungaan paling lama diikuti oleh P. celebica kemudian P. insignis. Lama fase perbungaan dipengaruhi oleh kelembapan, intensitas cahaya, angin dan temperatur lingkungan. Serangga pengunjung yang dominan adalah Trigona sp. Serangga ini paling banyak berkunjung pada jam 09.00-10.00 WIB. Pinanga coronata memiliki rata-rata keberhasilan penyerbukan 91.4%, P. celebica memiliki ratarata keberhasilan penyerbukan 52.5%, P. insignis memiliki keberhasilan penyerbukan 88.95%
Keyword: P. coronata, P. celebica, P. insignis, Bogor Botanic Gardens, P. insiguit

Judul: Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Composite Coating on Stainless Steel 316 to Improve Corrosion Resistance
Abstrak: Metals that were used in bone implantation should have good corrosion resistance that were not easily corroded when implanted into the body. Metal corrosion resistance of stainless steel 316 can be enhanced through the metal coating by hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite with composition ratio of hydroxyapatite (gram) and chitosan 3% (mL) 0.2:0, 0.2:0.1, 0.2:0.5, 0.2:1.0, and 0.2:1.5. Besides improving the corrosion resistance of metal, the presence of chitosan also maintain the position of hydroxyapatite on metal surfaces. Corrosion resistance increases with increasing amount of chitosan added and the best composition of hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite was 0.2:1.0.
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