Abstract:Microbial decomposers are living things posessing an important role in outlining materials derived from organic compounds entering the environment as plant nutrients so that they arereusable by the greenery. This study was aimed to isolate and identify types of microbial decomposers from Palu local cow manure of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The results showed that in Palu local cow manure there were three types of microbial decomposers namely Lactobacillus sp, Actinomycetessp and Aspergillus sp. In Actinomycetes sp., the colony growth was very slow and firmly attached to the media surface after incubated for 7 days. It showed formation of mycelium spreading on the media surface with a serrated edge. Aspergillus sp.had morphological characteristics formed on media as follows: greenyellowcolonies; like-furtextures; green conidia; radiatconidia arrangement, uniseriat, fialidwhich almostfilled the entiresurface of vesicles; like-ballroundvesicle; coarse, thick-walled, and dark greenconidiophores.
Abstracts:The application of inorganic fertilizers continuously can result in hardening of soil, narrowing of soil pores, thus the roots will have difficulty in penetrating soil. Biological properties of soil that decreases could lead to disruption of microorganism activity, so that the decomposition of organic matter of soil become obstructedand soil fertility decline. Therefore, it is advisable to use an alternative to application of microbes, i.e. Rhizobium and effective microorganisms 4 (EM4) that will enhance the availability of nutrients for plants. This study was aimed to determine the effect of inoculation and time of application of the microbes on the growth and yield of soybean. The experiment was conducted in the greenhouse located 500 m above sea level. The design used for the experiment was a completely randomized design with three replications. Observations of non-destructive and destructive data were analyzed by analysis of variance (F test) at 5% level and continued with LSD at 5% level. The results showed significant effect treatments applied on the growth and yield components. Treatment i6 (EM4 applied at 1 week after planting) was the best treatment, as shown by the increased number of pods by 95.94%, dry weight of pods by 38.25%, total dry matter, seed by 24.61%, and 68.40% weight of 100 seeds.
This study aimed to analyze the effect of Tithonia diversifolia green manure and cow manure on soil quality and yield of cauliflower. A field experiment was conducted in the village of Tegalgondo, Karangploso District of Malang Regency. Eight treatments tested were control (no added manures), T.diversifolia 8.15 t/ha, cow manure 25.85 t/ha, NPK fertilizer 1.35 t/ha, T.diversifolia 4.08 t/ha + cow manure 12.93 t/ha, T.diversifolia 4.08 t/ha + NPK fertilizer 676 kg/ha, cow manure 12.93 t/ha + NPK 676 kg/ha and T.diversifolia 2.69 t/ha + cow manure 8.53 t/ha + NPK fertilizer 446 kg/ha. Soil quality was monitored at top soil (0-20 cm) at planting time and 30 days after planting. Soil samples were collected and analyzed for chemical and physical properties. Yield of cauliflower was observed at the time of harvest or 44 days after planting. The results showed that application of green manure could significantly change the physical and chemical properties of the soil. The decrease of bulk density of about 27.47%, increase of organic carbon of about 12.60%, increase of total N of about 53.87%, increase of available P of about 64.24 mg/kg, and exchangeable K of about 8.34 cmol/kg were observed in T. diversifolia treatment. The increase of pH of about 1.75%, and total porosity of about 17.73% was found in cow manure treatments. The increased water holding capacity of about 10.70% was found in T. diversifolia + cow manure treatments and increased stability aggregate about 23.54% was found in T. diversifolia + cow manure + NPK treatments. There was a significant increase of fresh weight of flower about 666.67 g/plant in T. diversifolia + NPK treatment.
The use of agricultural lime ameliorant or rice husk charcoal combined with inorganic fertilizers is one of the agricultural intensification efforts in peatlands. This study aimed to find out the influence of various ameliorant types and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium inorganic fertilizer doses application on growth and yield of maize in peatlands soil was conducted in Siantan Hulu Village, Pontianak City, West Kalimantan used. This study used a split-plot design with the main plot of ameliorant types (A) consisting of three treatments, i.e. without ameliorant (A0), agricultural lime of 3 t/ha (A1) and rice husk charcoal of 3 t/ha (A2). The subplot was inorganic fertilizer doses (B) consisting of three treatments i.e. B1 = 50% of N, P, and K inorganic fertilizers, B2 = 75% of N, P, and K inorganic fertilizer, and B3 = 100% of N, P, and K inorganic fertilizers. Observation on crop growth consisted of crop height, number of leaves, leaf area, crop total fresh weight, crop total dry weight, and crop growth rate. Yield observation consisted of ear length, ear diameter, 100-dry seed weight, seed yield weight per hectare, and harvest index (IP). The results of the study indicated that rice husk charcoal application of 3 t/ha gave seed yield weight of 7.25 t/ha that was higher than that of agricultural lime that produced 6.34 t/ha seed yield and without ameliorant that produced the lowest seed yield of 4.18 t/ha. Application of N, P, and K inorganic fertilizer dose of 75% produced an insignificant difference seed yield compared to the dose of 100%, which were 6.32 t/ha and 6.69 t/ha, respectively. Therefore, the application of N, P, and K inorganic fertilizer dose of 75% is recommended as a basic of maize fertilization.
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