Judul: Efektivias Pupuk Organik Komersial Terhadap Perbaikan Sifat Kimia Tanah dan Produktivitas Tanaman Padi Pada Tanah Cangkurawok Bogor
Abstrak: The addition of organic matter can be provide a positive effect on soil chemical, physical, and biological properties. This research was aimed to (1) learn the effect using of organic fertilizers to growth and production of rice, (2) learn the effects of organic fertilizer on several chemical soil properties, and (3) obtain optimum dosage based on farming analysis of rice in Cangkurawok, Bogor. The treatments provided in this research include: control, goat manure 5000 kg/ha and commercial organic fertilizer dose of 250, 500, 750, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, and 5,000 kg/ha. Components observed were consisted of vegetative and generative growths, production, and chemical soil properties. The results indicated that addition of organic manure and commercial fertilizer have no significant effect on the growth of rice plants. On the contray,the treatments have significant effect on rice production. Commercial organic fertilizer provides increased production higher than manure. In general, organic fertilizer treatments did not significantly affect the chemical soil properties, except for pH and P-Bray I, which are significantly increased, and the P-HCl which is significantly decreased. Farming analysis indicates that 500 kg/ha commercial organic fertilizer treatment is the optimum dosage (R/C of 2.02).
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Rice, Manure, Commercial Organic Fertilizer, Organic materials

Judul: Increased Rice Yield (Oryza sativa L.) with Application of Organic Fertilizer Enriched with Microbes
Abstrak: Produktivitas padi Indonesia beberapa tahun terakhir mengalami penurunan. Pemupukan yang sesuai dengan kondisi tanah dan kebutuhan tanaman mampu meningkatkan produksi tanaman. Aplikasi pupuk organik diperkaya dapat meningkatkan kesuburan tanah. Mikroba yang hidup di perakaran tanaman atau PGPR dalam pupuk dapat meningkatkan ketersediaan hara dalam tanah dan mensintesis hormon pertumbuhan tanaman melalui aktivitas biologisnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari pengaruh aplikasi pupuk organik diperkaya terhadap peningkatan hasil padi sawah dan pengurangan dosis pupuk anorganik. Rancangan yang digunakan adalah rancangan kelompok lengkap teracak satu faktor yaitu dosis pupuk dengan 4 ulangan. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Kebun Pendidikan Sawah Baru IPB. Analisis tanah dan analisis kandungan pupuk dilaksanakan di Laboratorium Kimia dan Kesuburan Tanah, Departemen Ilmu Tanah dan Sumber Daya Lahan, Laboratorium Pengujian Departemen Agronomi dan Hortikultura, serta Laboratorium Tanah, Tanaman, Pupuk, Air, Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian. Pelaksanaan penelitian dimulai pada November 2020 hingga April 2021. Pengamatan dilakukan terhadap pertumbuhan, hasil, dan komponen hasil padi sawah. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan aplikasi pupuk organik diperkaya secara umum tidak meningkatkan pertumbuhan dan hasil per tanaman maupun hasil per hektar padi sawah. Aplikasi pupuk organik diperkaya dapat mengurangi 25% penggunaan pupuk anorganik dengan nilai efektivitas agronomi relatif sebesar 108,8%., Rice productivity in Indonesia has decreased in recent years. Fertilization that is suitable for soil conditions and plant needs can increase crop yield. The application of bioorganic fertilizer would be able to increase soil fertility. Microbes that live in plant roots could increase the availability of nutrients in the soil and synthesize plant growth hormones through their biological activities. The research aims to study the effect of the application of organic fertilizer enriched with microbes on increasing growth, yield, and yield components of lowland rice and the reduction of the dose of inorganic fertilizer. The experimental design used was a randomized complete group design with one factor, namely the dose of fertilizer with 4 replications. The research was carried out at the Sawah Baru Teaching Farm, IPB. Soil analysis and analysis of fertilizer content were carried out at the Laboratory of Chemistry and Soil Fertility, Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, Testing Laboratory of the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, and the Laboratory of Soil, Plants, Fertilizer, Water, Agricultural Research and Development Center. The experiment was conducted from November 2020 until April 2021. The observations made were observations of vegetative and generative characters, as well as yields. Results shows, the application of enriched organic fertilizers did not increase growth and yield per plant or yield per hectare of lowland rice. Application of enriched organic fertilizers, however, could reduce 25% of inorganic fertilizers usage with a relative agronomic effectiveness value of 108.8%.
Keyword: effectiveness, organic fertilizer, PGPR, rice, yield

Judul: Karakteristik Anatomi Skelet Kepala Buaya senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii).
Abstrak: Buaya sepit atau senyulong (Tomistoma schlegelii) merupakan jenis buaya asli Indonesia yang berhabitat di sungai-sungai Sumatera, Kalimantan, dan juga pedalaman Sulawesi. Salah satu ciri khas buaya senyulong adalah bentuk moncong yang runcing dan sempit, namun hingga saat ini informasi mengenai struktur skelet kepala buaya senyulong sangat terbatas. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari karakteristik anatomi skelet kepala buaya senyulong yang dikatikan dengan fungsi dan perilakunya. Penelitian dilakukan secara eksploratif dengan melakukan pengamatan, pencatatan, dan pengambilan gambar dari skelet kepala buaya senyulong. Skelet kepala berukuran panjang 70 cm, lebar 29 cm, dan tingggi 17 cm dengan permukaan kasar pada os nasale, os frontale, os maxilla, os mandibula, os lacrimale, os jugale. Jumlah gigi pada buaya ini sebanyak 78 buah, terdiri dari 4 buah gigi premaxila, 16 buah gigi maxila, dan 19 buah gigi mandibula. Pada regio orbitalis ditemukan dua pasang fenestrae temporales yang berkembang baik. Fenestra supratemporale merupakan lubang oval yang membentang di sepanjang os parietale. Fenestra infratemporale berbentuk segitiga dan dibatasi oleh os squamosum, os postorbitale, os jugulare, dan os quadratum. Os mandibula hewan ini mempunyai symphysis mandibularis yang panjang yaitu garis yang melintang di corpus mandibulae. Secara fungsional ukuran symphysis mandibularis berkaitan dengan adaptasi hewan terhadap diet makan.
Keyword: kepala, moncong, Tomistoma schlegelii