Judul: Characteristics  of soil with  clay accumulation horizons  in sedimentary and volcanic rocks.
Abstrak: A study of soil with clay accumulation horizon was conducted on 10 pedons of ultisols, alfisols, inceptisols derived from sedimentary and volcanic rocks. The investigation was aimed to study the characteristics of soil with clay accumulation horizons through the use of physical,chemical, mineralogical, macro- and micro-morphological data. Soil morphology and particle size distributions indicated that not all of the B horizons of pedons sampled meet the argilic horizon definition.
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Judul: Karakteristik fiska dan mekanika pada berbagai  jenis tanah
Abstrak: Soil physical properties, as well as biologrcal and chemical propwties, affect crop production and growth in relation with water availability and physical environment for plant g~owth. Also, mechanical properties of soil become important in agriculture for learning the soil carrying capacity for agricultural machinery and its effect toward rooting environment. This reseacl~ was conducted with the objective of learning the basic physical, hydraulic and mechanical properties of various types of soil and studying their interrelations with soil colloid. Research method comprise soii sampling in the'fie!d &om various locations in West Java, Central Java and South Sumatra. Analysis of physical, chemical, mineralogical and rnechanicai properties of soil with standard rnethd, was conducted in laboratory of Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Department of Agricultural Engineering Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Bogor Agricultural University fiom January to September 2003 Result of this research show that physical and mechanical properties of each soil type studied, differ from each other. The studied soils have textural classes sandy loam. loamy sand, clay, silty clay and clay loam. Soil with coarse textural class (sandy loam and loamy sand) had buld density ( I . 18 - 1.30 gr/crn3) higher than those of clay textured soit, lower total porosity (5 1.73 - 52.24%), very low Coefficient of Linear Extensibility (COLE) (0.005 - 0.001), Index of aggregate stability (IS A) ranging from very unstable to stable (39.55 - 54.47) and permeability ranging from rapid to very rapid (12.56 - 25.18 d o u r ) . Content of available water in this soil is very low (2.5 - 3.0%) Soil with medium textural class (clay loam) had lower bulk density (0.53 - 0.66 gr/cm3) as compared with bulk density of common m i n d soil, h&er tad porosity (74.30 - 78.58%) as ascompared with clay textured mil (24.5 1 - 68.16%), very high values of COLE (0.268 - 0.353). aggregate stability with ranged from very unstable to stable (32.56 - 4830) an permeability class with was somewhat rapid ( 8.87 - 10.23 cm/hour) . Content of available water in this soil is vw high (32.6 - 35.4%). Soils with clay textural class clay, silty clay and silty clay i loam) had higher bulk density (0.83 - 2.02 gr/cm ) as cumpared with medium textured soils (0.53 - 0.66 gr/cm3). COLE values ranging b m low to very high (0.020 - 0.366), aggregate stab&@ ranging fiom very unstable to very stable (3 1.44 129.551, and permeability ranging h m very slow to modemrely rapid (0.04 - 1 1 -39 cmm0ur)- Available soil water ranged liom very low to very high (3.0 - 26.5%). Most of the mils studied, had kaolinitic clay mineral. Podsolik soil of Jamga and Grumusols had smdte clay miad w h m other types of soil had mixed clay minerd (Planowl of Serang, Alluvial of Kmwang, Muvial of Brebes and Medireran of Ciampea). Soil with medium textural class (Andosd) were dominated by Allophane mineral.
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Judul: Peningkatan Respon Imunitas Katak Lembu (Rana catesbeiana Shaw) Dengan Pemberian Imunostimulan (Glukan) Pada Dosis 0, 500, 750 dan 1000 mg/kg Pakan Didahului Priming 250 ppm
Abstrak: Katak merupakan salah satu komoditas perikanan, baik untuk konsumsi dalam negeri maupun ekspor. Ekspor katak Indonesia sudah dimulai sejak tahun 1969 ke negara Eropa seperti Belanda, Belgia, Luksemburg, Peraneis dan Jerman, ke negara Amerika serikat dan Kanada serta beberapa negara Asia seperti Jepang, Hongkong, Malaysia dan Singapura. Usaha produksi katak menghadapi berbagai kendala salah satunya penyakit. Penggunaan imunostimulan dapat dijadikan altematif untuk upaya perlindungan terhadap serangan penyakit yang dapat diberikan sebelum, bersamaan atau setelah pemberian vaksin untuk meningkatkan respon imun spesifik dalam memproduksi antibodi.
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