Judul: Effectiveness of matriconditioning plus biological agents in controlling seed borne pathogens and increasing seed vigor and yield of rice
Abstrak: The objective of the experiment was to develop technique of biololgical seed treatment by using biololgical agent incorporated in matriconditioning as to control seed borne pathogens and to improve seed vigor, plant growth and yield. The experiment used two seed lots of rice cv. IR 64 obtained from PT. Sang Hyang Seri, Subang, West Java. The seed lot I, harvested on 6 Juny 2007, was assigned as medium vigor with 88% germination, 13.8%/etmal speed of germination and 0% vigor index. The seed llot II, harvested on 10 September 2007, was assigned as high vigor with 97% germination, 17.14%/etmal speed of germination and 70% vigor index.
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Judul: Perlakuan Agens Hayati untuk Mengendalikan Hawar Daun Bakteri, Meningkatkan Pertumbuhan Tanaman dan Produksi Benih Padi
Abstrak: Healthy rice seed (free of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo)) could be produced by prevention of Xoo infection from the seed source and the plant. Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae causes bacterial leaf blight (BLB) in rice. The objectives of the research were to evaluate biological agent treatments in controlling BLB and increasing plant growth and seed production of rice. The research consisted of two parts. The first part was aim to obtain the rhizosphere and phyllosphere biological agents capable of controlling Xoo. The first experiment in the first part conducted to isolate the virulent Xoo. The second experiment was a retest for antagonism of rhizobacteria collection against the isolated Xoo which would be used in seed treatments. The third experiment was isolation and antagonism test of phyllosphere bacteria against Xoo to be used in spraying the plants. The second part of this study was the evaluation of biological agent treatment (seed treatment and plants spraying) effects in controlling BLB disease and improving plant growth and seed production. The first experiment was conducted in the greenhouse and the second one in the field using the same experimental design (randomized block design with two factors) and three replications. Seed treatments (first factor) consisted of negative control, positive control, streptomycin sulfate 0.2%, Pseudomonas diminuta A6 + Bacillus subtilis 5B, matriconditioning + streptomycin sulphate 0.2%, and matriconditioning + P. diminuta A6 + B. subtilis 5B. Spraying plants (second factor) consisted of untreated control, streptomycin sulphate 0.2%, biological agent F112, biological agent F198, and biological agent F57. The first experiment from the first part of these studies resulted virulent Xoo isolated from ooze. The second experiment confirmed that P. diminuta A6 + B. subtilis 5B indicated high antagonism against the Xoo. The third experiment produced phyllosphere isolates F112, F198, and F57 showing high antagonism against the Xoo. The first experiment in the second part of these studies showed that matriconditioning + P. diminuta A6 + B. subtilis 5B improved seed germination from 93.6% to 96.9%, plant height from 70.9 cm to 76 cm, plant dry weight from 1.35 g to 1.91 g as compared to positive control. Spraying plants using biological agent F112 increased plant dry weight from 1.40 g to 1.78 g as compared untreated control. Meanwhile, matriconditioning + P. diminuta A6 + B. subtilis 5B followed by spraying plants with biological agent F112 reduced the BLB severity. The second experiment showed that matriconditioning + P. diminuta A6 + B. subtilis 5B improved seedling dry weight. Matriconditioning + P. diminuta A6 + B. subtilis 5B and spraying plants with biological agents F112 controlled BLB and increased plant growth. However, all treatments were not able to increase healthy seed production, these may be due to population of the biological agents applied was not optimum yet.
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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