The Effectiveness of Plastic Mulch for Maintaining the Potato  Farmland in Dieng Plateau Using Soil Biological Quality Index

Agustina, Dian; Tarwotjo, Udi; Rahadian, Rully

doi:10.15294/biosaintifika.v11i1.17804

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“…Potato production in Indonesia has increased from 1, 219,270 tonnes (2015) to 1,284,780 tonnes (in 2018), but this production was lower than that of in 2014, which was 1,347,815 tonnes (Statistics Indonesia, 2018). Indonesian potato production is hindered by the difficulty in providing high-quality seeds in the right quantity and cultivar (Waluyo & Karyadi, 2013), unfavorable climates, and problems caused by pests and diseases (Agustina et al, 2019;Fahim et al, 2013;Samiyarsih et al, 2018). Granola is one of the yellow potato cultivars which is widely cultivated in Indonesia.…”

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The Improvement of Mini Tuber Production of Granola Potato Cultivar in Aeroponics System

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Potato is an important food crop in both developed and developing countries and it is the fourth most important food crop after wheat, maize, and rice. Potato production in Indonesia has decreased in recent years, mainly due to the use of low quality tuber seed. The objective of this research was to determine the effect of plant materials, types of nutrients, and planting density on mini tuber formation, as well as to determine the best aeroponics conditions for mini tuber formation of Granola cultivar of potato. This research has been carried out experimentally using a Split-split Plot Design. The main plot was planting materials which consisted of plantlet and knol. The subplot was the type of nutrition media which consisted of Farran nutrition, Otazu nutrition, and AB-commercial mix. The sub-sub-plot was planting density which consisted of 50, 75, and 100 plants/m2. The research results showed that knol planted in aeroponics system on AB-commercial mix at a planting density of 75 plants/m2 resulted in the best mini-tuber production. In this study, for the first time three important factors for potato mini-tuber production have thoroughly been investigated in Indonesia. This finding will be used by Kledung Horticultural Seed Garden, Temanggung, for mass production of high-quality mini-tuber seed, which in turn will provide sufficient tuber seed for the farmer in its surrounding areas. By increasing the production of high-quality tuber seed, it is expected that it will contribute to the improvement of potato productivity and increase Indonesian potato production.

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Microbiome dynamics of soils covered by plastic and bioplastic mulches

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Gómez-Brandón

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Biol Fertil Soils

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In recent decades, the use of plastic mulch in agriculture has largely increased to meet the growing demand for food. Despite their potential benefits, it is still unknown the long-term impact of mulches on soil microbiome. In this study, we compared at a mesocosm level the effects of polyethylene (Plastic) and Mater-bi® (Bioplastic) mulches on the soil physico-chemical (i.e., pH, soil water content, Fourier transform infrared-attenuated total reflection-FTIR), microbiological, and biochemical (i.e., microbial respiration, enzymatic activities, abundances and composition of bacterial, fungal and microarthropod communities) properties after 6 and 12 months. The analysis of the microbiome revealed an increase in bacterial richness and diversity in the 12-month-treated bioplastic soils. Members of Solirubrobacterales, Vicinamibacterales, Nitrososphaerales, Crenarchaeota, and Clostridiales were the most abundant following the bioplastic treatment. While the fungal and microarthropod communities varied over time, neither of them was affected by the type of mulching. Further longer-term research is needed to clarify the impact of bioplastic and plastic mulches on the soil microbiome, including microarthropods, and its dynamics over time.

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Dynamics of soil microarthropod populations affected by a combination of extreme climatic events in tropical home gardens of Kerala, India

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The Effectiveness of Plastic Mulch for Maintaining the Potato Farmland in Dieng Plateau Using Soil Biological Quality Index

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

The Improvement of Mini Tuber Production of Granola Potato Cultivar in Aeroponics System

The Improvement of Mini Tuber Production of Granola Potato Cultivar in Aeroponics System

Microbiome dynamics of soils covered by plastic and bioplastic mulches

Dynamics of soil microarthropod populations affected by a combination of extreme climatic events in tropical home gardens of Kerala, India

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