Perbedaan jenis tanah dan letak geografis kebun kelapa sawit menyebabkan variasi sifat fisik tanah (terutama tekstur dan porositasnya). Perbedaan letak geografis juga menyebabkan variasi jumlah curah hujan yang mempengaruhi neraca air lahan. Respons fluktuasi produksi kelapa sawit yang berbeda akibat variasi jenis tanah dan neraca air lahan dapat dikaji dengan analisis hubungan neraca air lahan dan produktivitas kelapa sawit antar jenis tanah dan antar wilayah. Pada penelitian ini, analisis neraca air lahan dilakukan pada tiga lokasi area perkebunan kelapa sawit PT Bumitama Gunajaya Agro yang berada di provinsi Kalimantan Tengah dan Kalimantan Barat, menggunakan metode Thornthwaite-Mather. Analisis hubungan komponen neraca air dengan produksi TBS kelapa sawit dihitung berdasarkan data bulanan selama 8 tahun (2012 – 2019) menggunakan time series analysis dan untuk mencari model regresi terbaik digunakan stepwise regression. Komponen neraca air yang paling mempengaruhi produksi tandan buah segar (TBS) kelapa sawit (ton/ha/bulan) adalah curah hujan 7 bulan sebelum panen, hari hujan 11 dan 28 bulan sebelum panen, dan defisit air 10 bulan sebelum panen. Penurunan produksi TBS (ton/ha/bulan) terjadi setiap ada kenaikan defisit air senilai 10 mm/bulan pada tanah Dystrudept, Paleudults dan Haplohumods di Area 3 berturut-turut adalah 11, 2, dan 3%. Pada Area 5 penurunannya adalah 12, 4, dan 5%. Pada Area 6 penurunannya adalah 5, 18 dan 3%.
Harvesting fresh fruit bunches (FFB) is an important activity in the oil palm plantation industry. This study aimed to analyze the potential content of palm oil at the level of loose fruit that falls on the oil palm circle. Observations were made on five fresh fruit bunches with criteria 1, 3, and 5 respectively loose fruit per bunch that falls on the oil palm circle from oil palm trees that were 22, 16, 12, and 7 years old. All sample fresh fruit bunches were analyzed for potential oil to bunch and oil to wet mesocarp in the analytical laboratory of Bumitama Gunajaya Agro. Content of oil to wet mesocarp in loose fruit 1, 3, and 5 were 48,50 % b, 51,98 % a, and 53,21 % a respectively. While the content of oil to bunch in loose fruit 1, 3, and 5 were 24,19 % a, 25,52 % a, and 25,71 % a respectively. The highest potential for oil content occurs in ripe palm fruit with a level of loose fruit 5 grains per bunch that falls on that oil palm circle. Five grains per bunch on the oil palm circle can be used as an indicator for harvesters to harvest ripe fruit with optimal oil content.
The quality of CPO (Crude Palm Oil) is determined by the Free Fatty Acid (FFA) with the standard value below 5%. High FFA in CPO will cause further difficulties due to low refining rate and quality like rancidness and odor. The objective of this research was to determine the factors that affect the FFA content in CPO. This research was conducted from January until April 2021. Fruit samples were collected from BKLE and PNRE East Kotawaringin and analyzed to Analytical Laboratory PT BGA. The FFA value was determined using the titration method according to Indonesian National Standard (SNI). Based on this research, several factors such as rat and moth attacks, fruit maturity, fruit handling, and delayed delivery to the palm oil mill affected the FFA value. These factors caused an increase in the FFA value up to 41.10%‒204% compared to the average FFA value is only 0.77%‒1.29%. Therefore, minimizing the pre‐processing problem will reduce the potential of FFA value increment so that good quality CPO can be obtained. Keywords: fruit handling, fruit maturity, pest attack, titration method
Oil palm is a plantation crop that produces palm oil and palm kernel oil which are Indonesia's main source of foreign exchange from the plantation sector. The practice of monoculture cultivation on oil palm plantations grown on various types of soil in Indonesia, has big challenges in the aspect of cultivation, especially pest and disease control. One of the diseases that cause losses in the cultivation of this commodity is dry frond. This disease has been found in oil palm trees in the plantation of PT Bumitama Gunajaya Agro grown on Quartzpsamments and Haplohemists soils. This pathogen causes the rachis and leaves to dry from the tip to the base of the frond. The spread of this disease is thought to be due to contact between infected to healthy fronds. In this study, 6 isolates were obtain from leaves and 7 isolates from infected rachis. Based on the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the isolates, one isolate from Sungai Langir Estate belonged to the genus Thielaviopsis sp. However, the postulate koch test showed that the thirteen isolates could not infect and cause symptoms of dry frond disease on the leaves and rachis of the tested oil palm plants.
Crop water use efficiency is critical for high yields in conditions of limited water supplies. This study aims at determining the effect of application bio-silicic acid (BioSilAc) on water use efficiency and nutrient availability for immature (2 years after planting) and mature (5 years after planting) oil palms in sandy soil during a period of low rainfall. A field experiment was conducted on sandy soil at an oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan. The experiment was arranged in a randomized block design with seven treatments and three replicates using a combination of composted empty fruit bunches of oil palm (CEFBOP) and BioSilAc applications. The treatments (tree-1 year-1) were as follows (tree-1 year-1): (T1) 100% NPK standard dosage; (T2) T1 + 1.5 kg quartz sand; (T3) 75% (T1) + 1.5 kg quartz sand; (T4) T1+ 4 tablets BioSilAc; (T5) 75% (T1) + 4 tablets BioSilAc; (T6) T1 + 50 kg CEFBOP + 2 tablets BioSilAc; and (T7) 75% (T1) + 50 kg CEFBOP + 2 tablets BioSilAc. The parameters observed were soil and leaf nutrient contents, average weight, and number of fresh fruit bunch (FFB), and daily water usage and water potential using a sap flow meter and stem psychrometer to calculate water use efficiency in T1 (control) and T5 which represents the application of BioSilAc. The results indicated that the application of 75-100% NPK + 4 tablets BioSilAc tree-1 year-1 in mature oil palm was capable of improving yield of11.9% (T5) and 12.1% (T4) and water use efficiency of 31.3% (mature) and 50.4% (immature) of the control treatment.
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