Judul: Pengembangan metode deteksi molekuler Chrysanthemum stunt viroid (CSVd) penyebab penyakit kerdil pada tanaman krisan (Dendranthema grandiflora Kitam)
Abstrak: Krisan (Dendranthema grandiflora Kitam.) merupakan tanaman bunga potong yang sudah menjadi komoditas dunia. Menurut Direktorat Jenderal Hortikultura (2008), produksi krisan dalam negeri meningkat dari 1,7 juta bibit pada tahun 2005 menjadi 5,9 juta bibit di tahun 2006 dan 6,5 juta bibit di tahun 2007. Walaupun te rjadi peningkatan produksi bibit krisan di dalam negeri, impor bibit juga mengalami peningkatan yang cukup tinggi pada tahun yang sama.
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Judul: Penyakit Pada Tanaman Krisan (Chrysanthemum morifolium) di PT Natalia Nursery Bogor
Abstrak: Krisan merupakan tanaman hias yang banyak diminati karena keindahannya. Penurunan produksi bunga krisan di Indonesia, khususnya di Jawa Barat, disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor termasuk patogen. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan informasi mengenai intensitas penyakit dan mengidentifikasi patogen yang menginfeksi tanaman krisan di PT Natalia Nursery Bogor. Pengamatan meliputi jenis gejala, insidensi penyakit dan tingkat keparahan, serta hasil produksi. Pengamatan dilakukan setiap minggu selama lima kali pada tiga petak tanaman yang berbeda. Identifikasi patogen penyebab dilakukan dengan pengamatan mikroskopis dan dikonfirmasi dengan studi literatur. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, ada lima penyakit yang ditemukan yaitu karat putih (Puccinia horiana), layu fusarium (Fusarium oxysporum), bercak daun (Septoria sp.), diduga virus/viroid dan nematoda puru akar (Meloidogyne spp.). Secara umum, insidensi dan keparahan penyakit mengalami peningkatan setiap minggunya. P. horiana adalah patogen dominan yang menginfeksi tanaman krisan dengan tingkat keparahan penyakit hingga 40,81% pada varietas rentan. Varietas krisan yang paling tahan terhadap infeksi patogen adalah Puspita Nusantara. Terdapat adanya korelasi antara insidensi dan keparahan penyakit karat putih dengan hasil produksi bunga krisan., Chrysanthemum is a highly demanded ornamental plant due to its beauty. The reduction of chrysanthemum production in Indonesia, especially in West Java, might be caused by several factors including pathogen infections. The field investigation aimed to obtain the disease intensity and to identify the pathogen infecting chrysanthemum plants at PT Natalia Nursery Bogor. The type of symptoms, disease incidence and severity, as well as yield were measured. The observations were conducted every week for five times at three different plots. Identification of the causal pathogens were carried out by microscopic observation and confirmed by literature studies. Five diseases were found, namely white rust (Puccinia horiana), fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum), leaf spot (Septoria sp.), suspected virus/viroid, and root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.). The disease incidence and severity was increasing every week. The P. horiana was the dominant pathogen infecting chrysanthemum in the nursery with disease severity up to 40,81%. The most susceptible chrysanthemum variety against pathogen infection was Puspita Nusantara. The disease incidence and severity white rust can affect the yield of chrysanthemum flowers.
Keyword: chrysanthemum, pest, incidence, severity

Judul: Approximation of the Median of Poisson Distribution Using the Relation of Poisson-Gamma Distribution
Abstrak: A major drawback of median is that median cannot usually be defined in closed form, even in the cases where their distribution functions are known. This study gives an approximation of the closed form for the median of the Poisson distribution by using the relation of Poisson-Gamma distribution. The approximation uses elementary techniques based on the monotonicity of certain sequences involving tail probabilities of the Poisson distribution and the Central Limit Theorem. Furthermore, a closed form expression for the mean absolute deviation 􀜧|􀜰􀰒 􀵆 􀜯􀝁􀝀􁈺􀜰􀰒􁈻| is also studied. The median is relevant because of the fact that it minimizes the mean absolute deviation of a Poisson random variable (􀜰􀰒􁈻 by considering median as central tendency.
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