Judul: Efektivitas Pupuk Organik Granul terhadap Pertumbuhan, Produksi dan Kadar Hara NPK Daun Jagung Manis pada Latosol Dramaga
Abstrak: Latosol fertility is generally low due to low nutrient availability and organic matter content, so addition of anorganic fertilizer only will not provide optimal production of plants. Therefore, additional of organic fertilizer must be done. The objective of this research is to study the effectiveness of granulated organic fertilizer which was combined with standard fertilizer on the growth, production, and NPK contents of sweat corn leaves in Latosol Dramaga. The field experiment was conducted in the University Farm IPB, from Februari to August 2012. The nutrient content was analyzed in the Laboratory of Soil chemistry and Fertility, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB. The design of research was completely randomized block design with single factor, that was combination of anorganic fertilizer (standard) with organic fertilizer, which consisted of 7 treatments: control, standard, 50% standard + 100% organic (0,5S+1PO), 50% standard + 150% organic (0,5S+1,5PO), 75% standard + 100% organic (0,75S+1PO), 75% standard + 150% organic (0,75S+1,5PO), and 100% standard + 100% organic (1S+1PO). The result of the research showed that the granulated organic fertilizer increased of growth, production of corn, and nutrient content of corn leaves effectively. The two treatment combinations (1S+1PO) and (0,75S+1PO) showed the best performance, which was indicated by the weight of corn with huskcover and value of RAE i.e. 15,58 t/ha and 162,07% (1S+1PO), and 13,97 t/ha and 128% (0,75S+1PO), respectively. The effect of both treatment combinations above were higher than standard treatment (12,58 t/ha and 100%).
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Judul: Efektivitas Pupuk Organik terhadap Pertumbuhan, Produksi, dan Kadar Hara NPK Daun Jagung Manis di Latosol Darmaga
Abstrak: Sweet corn is seed plant which is commonly planted in Indonesia because of it's sweet taste and contain high carbohydrate. One of the problems in cultivation of sweet corn is low soil fertility, due to the lack of soil nutrient availability and organic matter. To solve that problem can be done by applying organic and anorganic fertilizers. Organic fertilizer is able to increase chemical fertilizer efficiency through improving of physical, chemical and biological of soil. So it is expected to increase the production of plant significantly. The objective of this research is to study the effectiveness of organic fertilizers that was combined with inorganic fertilizer on the growth, production, and N, P, K content of sweet corn leaf in Latosol Darmaga. The field experiment was conducted at the University Farm IPB and plant analisis in the laboratory of soil chemistry and fertility, Department of soil science and Land Resources Faculty of Agriculture IPB. The materials used were organic fertilizers, inorganic fertilizers, seeds of sweet corn (Seleksi Darmaga III), furadan, and agricultural lime. The design of the experiment was a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with a single treatment consisted of 7 treatments which was repeated 3 times each, so there were 21 experimental units. Those seven treatments were: (1) control, (2) Standard (S), (3) 0.5 S + 1.5 PO, (4) 0.5 S + 1 PO, (5) 0.75 S + 1 PO, (6) 1 S + 1 PO and (7) 0.75 S + 1.5 PO. The parameters measured were plant height, production (corn cobs weight including the cornhusk and stover weight), and N-, P-, K-content of corn leaf. The results of this research showed that additional of organic fertilizer with inorganic fertilizer was effective in improving the growth, production, and N, P, K content of sweet corn leaf. The production for treatment 1 S + 1 PO was 14.31 t/ha greater (2.37 t/ha) than standard treatment, and 11.81 t/ha greater than control treatment (no fertilizer application).
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Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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