Judul: Ekstraksi dan Identifikasi Geberelin dari Ekar Eceng Gondok (Eichhornia Crassipes (Mart. Solms)
Abstrak: Tanaman eceng gondok merupakan tanaman gulma air yang memiliki kemampuan berkembang biak dengan cepat. Eceng gondok berpotensi untuk dimanfaatkan sebagai bahan baku berbagai produk. Bagian daun eceng gondok telah dimanfclatkan untuk pembuatan pupuk, kertas dan karton. Tangkai daunnya kaya akan bahan serat dapat digunakan untuk membuat barang anyaman dan kantong pengganti karung goni. Diantara bagian tanaman eceng gondok tersebut, bag ian akar eceng gondok belum ban yak dimanfaatkan. Hasil penelitian Sircar dan Kundu (1960) mengatakan bahwa akar eceng gondok mengandung giberelin. Giberelin adalah hormon pertumbuhan tanaman yang merangsang pemanjangan batang atau pertumbuhan tanaman secara keseluruhan termasuk daun dan akar.
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Judul: Potensi Ekstrak Eceng Gondok (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laub.) sebagai Bioherbisida untuk Mengendalikan Gulma pada Tanaman Padi Sawah.
Abstrak: karena mengandung senyawa alelokimia berupa fenol dan flavonoid. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui potensi ekstrak eceng gondok sebagai bioherbisida untuk mengendalikan gulma pada pertanaman padi sawah. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada November 2016 hingga Agustus 2017 di Kebun Percobaan Cikabayan dan Laboratorium Ecotoxicology Waste and Bioagents, Departemen AGH, IPB. Rancangan penelitian yang digunakan adalah RKLT dengan 1 faktor dan 4 ulangan untuk uji pada gulma, dan 2 faktor dengan 3 ulangan untuk uji pada padi. Faktor yang diuji pada gulma adalah konsentrasi ekstrak 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, dan 250 g.l-1. Faktor yang diuji pada padi adalah konsentrasi ekstrak (0, 100, 200, dan 300 g.l-1) dan waktu aplikasi ekstrak (0 MST, 1 MST, 2 MST, 3 MST, dan 4 MST). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ekstrak eceng gondok dapat menekan tinggi dan jumlah daun gulma pada konsentrasi 250 g.l-1 untuk gulma Echinochloa colonum dan Ludwigia octovalvis. Konsentrasi ekstrak 150 g.l-1 memperlihatkan penekanan tertinggi untuk gulma Fimbristylis miliacea. Ekstrak eceng gondok dapat menekan tinggi, dan jumlah daun pada padi. Pengujian selama 7 minggu menunjukkan konsentrasi 200 g.l-1 dan 300 g.l-1 pada waktu aplikasi 2 MST menyebabkan toksisitas paling tinggi pada tanaman padi.
Keyword: alelopati, bioherbisida, eceng gondok, gulma

Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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