Judul: Kajian penggunaan rhizoplus dan mulsa terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil kedelai (Glicine ntm (L) Merril)  pada tiga sistem persiapan lahan setelah padi sawah
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penggunaan rhizoplus, mulsa dan tiga cara persiapan lahan serta interaksinya terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil kedelai serta dinamika populasi gulma. Rancangan yang digunakan adalah Rancangan Acak Kelompok sebagai Rancangan Lingkungan dan Rancangan . Petak-petak Terbagi (Split-splip Plot Design) sebagai Rancangan Perlakuan.
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Judul: Studi penerapan beberapa teknik persiapan lahan pada sistem tanam campuran dan monokultur budidaya jagung (Zea mays L.) dan Kedelai (Glycine max (L.) Merill)
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari pengaruh teknik persiapan lahan dan sistem tanam terhadap pertumbuhan dan produksi jagung dan kedelai serta dinamika populasi gulma. Penelitian dilaksanakan di lahan Station Penelitian dan Pengembangan Novartis Crop Protection di Cikampek, Jawa Barat mulai bulan Maret - Agustus 2000. Percobaan dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan rancangan acak kelompok (RAK) sebagai rancangan lingkungan dan rancangan petak terpisah (Split Plot Design) yang terdiri dari dua faktor. Petak utama yaitu teknik persiapan lahan (T) yaitu olah tanah sempurna (T1), Tanpa olah tanah + glifosat 6 l/ha (T2), Tanpa olah tanah + paraquat 3 l/ha (T3), Olah tanah minimum + glifosat (T4), Olah tanah bermulsa (Ts). Anak petak yaitu sistem tanam (P) yaitu monokultur kedelai (P1), monokultur jagung (P2), dan sistem tanam campuran jagung dan kedelai (P3). Dengan demikian percobaan ini terdiri dari 15 kombinasi perlakuan setiap kombinasi perlakuan diulang tiga kali, sehingga dalam percobaan ini terdapat 45 satuan percobaan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan terjadinya perubahan komposisi, jumlah dan spesies gulma. Pada awal analisis vegetasi, jumlah gulma 23 spesies (3 gulma dominan), pada 4 minggu setelah tanam (MST) 28 spesies (5 gulma dominan), pada 8 MST 25 spesies (5 gulma dominan) dan pada analisis vegetasi akhir 24 spesies (5 gulma dominan). Perubahan spesies gulma ini diakibatkan karena kondisi lahan mengalami perubahan akibat adanya aktivitas pertanian, terutama teknik persiapan lahan dan sistem tanam. Spesies gulma dominan adalah Ageratum conyzoides, Digitaria ciliaris, Cyperus rotundus, Echinochloa colonum, Eleusine indica, Cleome rutidospermae dan Ottochloa nodosa. Pertumbuhan dan produksi kedelai dan jagung dipengaruhi oleh gulma yang tumbuh pada petak percobaan yang digambarkan dengan nilai nisbah jumlah…dst
Keyword: olah tanah, kedelai dan jagung, botani, syarat tumbuh, masalah gulma

Judul: Characteristic of Overshooting Top (OT) Based on  Himawari  8  Satellite  as  a  Convective  Cloud  Feature  that  Generates  Extreme Weather in the Java Island Region
Abstrak: Overshooting Top (OT) is a feature at the top of a convective cloud that is associated with extreme weather. Research on OT in tropical Indonesia is still very limited. The existence of geostationary satellites with wide area coverage and fast frequency observations is useful for observing the fast dynamics of the OT life cycle. Therefore, this study intends to analyze the relationship between OT and extreme weather, updraft and thermodynamic conditions of OT when extreme weather occurs, the best objective method for detecting OT in the day time and night time, and the spatiotemporal distribution of OT in the tropical region of Java Island during the 2018-2021 period. Based on visual analysis using visible channel and Himawari 8 sandwich products, 87% of extreme weather events in Java were accompanied by the appearance of OT. It indicates that the presence of the OT pattern is a convection cloud pattern or feature that is closely related to extreme weather events for the Java Island region. The existence of a time lag between the appearance of OT and extreme weather events on Java Island indicates that the OT of convection cloud can be used as a precursor or nowcasting for the appearance of extreme weather. Most of the convective cloud OT features during extreme weather events on Java Island have altitude that were only able to exceed the altitude of the equilibrium level and few were able to exceed the tropopause level of 9 km – 16 km. The difference in atmospheric conditions during extreme weather events on Java Island, which is in the tropics and subtropics, is a strong and unstable convective energy condition characterized by a larger CAPE, as well as unstable KI, LI, SI and TTI values. It is offset by kinematic factors in the form of a weak vertical wind shear (bulk wind shear 0-6 km) and a higher freezing point height. The difference between extreme weather events in the Java Island region and other tropical regions compared to subtropical regions is the strong updraft speed of convection clouds. The IRW Texture COMB algorithm based on the IRW-Texture Gradient modification and the COMB algorithm shows a significant increase in quality for detecting OT and non-OT pixels in Java. Rainy days with rainfall > 50 mm/day are very common in areas with an altitude of > 500 m. On the other hand, the level of convection activity which is indicated by the presence of OT and lightning is significantly reduced in this area. OT of convective clouds appear more frequently during the DJF season and less frequently during the JJA season. OT often appears during the day time and rarely at night time. Most OTs appear in the central part, away from the south and north coasts of Java Island during the day, while OTs that appear near the south and north coasts of Java Island can appear in the morning or afternoon.
Keyword: convective clouds, extreme weather, Overshooting Tops, Himawari 8 Satellite