Effects of Planting Density and Weeding Frequency on the Corn Growth and Yield in Intercropping System with Peanut

                                                                                                                                       ABSTRACTThis research was aimed to investigate the effect of mulch type and gandasil-B fertilizer on the growth and yield of chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) on inland peat soil. The method used in this research was two-factor Randomized Block Design with split plot arrangement and three replications. The main plot was the mulch type which consists of three treatments, namely: control, cogon grass and silver-black plastic mulch, and as sub plot was the dose of gandasil-B which consists of four 4 levels, namely: 0, 1, 2, and 3 g L-1 water. Results showed that the interaction between different types of mulch and gandasil-B fertilizer only had significant effect on the diameter of the stem, the number of productive branch, the number of fruit per plant, and the weight of fruit per plant. The utilization of silver-black plastic mulch and gandasil- B fertilizer at the concentration of 3 g L-1 water showed more number of productive branch (14.00 branches) and number of fruit (151.17 fruits) per plant and the weight of fruit (166.52 g) per plant was significantly higher.Keywords : Mulch, cogon grass, silver-black plastic, Gandasil-B, inland peat soil                                                                                                                                       ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh jenis mulsa dan pupuk gandasil-B terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman cabai rawit (Capsicum fruestescens L.) pada tanah gambut pedalaman. Percobaan ini menggunaakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) disusun secara split plot dengan dua faktor perlakuan dan tiga ulangan. Sebagai petak utama, yaitu jenis mulsa terdiri dari tiga jenis, yaitu : kontrol, mulsa alang-alang dan mulsa plastik hitam perak. Sebagai anak petak adalah dosis pupuk Gandasil-B terdiri dari 4 taraf perlakuan, yaitu : 0, 1, 2 dan 3 g L-1 air. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa interaksi penggunaan jenis mulsa dengan pupuk gandasil-B hanya berpengaruh nyata terhadap diameter batang, jumlah cabang produktif, jumlah buah per tanaman dan berat buah per tanaman. Penggunaan mulsa plastik hitam perak dan pupuk gandasil-B 3 g L-1 air diperoleh jumlah cabang produktif (14.00 cabang) dan jumlah buah (151.17 buah) per tanaman) nyata lebih banyak dan berat buah (166.52 g) per tanaman nyata lebih tinggi.Kata kunci : Mulsa, alang-alang, plastik hitam perak, pupuk gandasil-B, gambut pedalaman

Dioscorea is potentially used as staple food to support food security. The research was aimed to determine the effect of stake length and time of  stem twining  on  the growth of Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax. The experiment was conducted  in  Purwodadi Botanic Garden from December 2014 until May 2015 using split plot randomized block design consisted of two factors, i.e. the stake length and time of stem twining. The stake length was the main plot consisted of 150 cm, 100 cm and 50 cm above soil surface and without stake (control). The time of stem twining as subplots, i.e. stem twined early, twined at the time of 4 leaves stage, and twined at 8 leaves stage. Each combination of the treatments was replicated three times. The results showed that there was significant effect on the stake length  and the time of stem twining treatments on the plant growth and yield. The stake  length of 150 cm treatment produced the highest fresh tuber and total plant dry weight, i.e., 257.24 g and 132.77 g per plant, respectively. On the contrary, the plant without stake produced the lowest fresh tuber and  total dry weight of plant, i.e., 112.10 g and 48.65 g per plant, respectively.<br /><br />Keywords: biomass,leaf area, photosyntesis, tuber weight

Long bean production in Indonesia continues to decline every year, this is due to land conversion and the lack of application of agricultural technology. One of the efforts to increase long bean production is by multiplying quality seeds using organic materials as nutrients needed by plants. This study aims to determine the response of the growth and production of long bean seeds to the interaction of strains, varieties with a concentration of liquid organic fertilizer. The research was conducted at the Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Lembang, West Bandung Regency from July 2020 to January 2021. The research method used was an experimental method with a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with a split-plot design consisting of 2 factors: the first factor (main plot) (A) was the variety and strain with 2 levels, a1 (Tavi canton variety) and a2 (pras-1 strain).The second factor (subplot) (B) is concentration of biopras-1 with 5 levels, b1 (0 cc/l-1 water), b2 (1 cc/l-1 water), b3 (2 cc/l-1 water), b4 (3 cc/l-1 water) and b5 (4 cc/l-1 water). The effect of the treatment was analyzed by means of variance and if the f test at 5% level was significantly different, then to find out the best treatment was continued with the DMRT (Duncan Multiple Range Test) at the 5% level. The results showed that there was an interaction between varieties, lines with various concentrations of biopras-1 liquid organic fertilizer on dry seed weight per plant, dry seed weight per plot, and 1000 seeds weight. Treatment of pras-1 lines with the concentration of liquid organic fertilizer biopras-1 4 cc / l of water was able to give the best results on dry seed weight per plant (35.31 gr), dry seed weight per plot (1.298.20 gr or 2.16 Ton/ha-1) and the weight of 1000 seeds (153.10 gr).

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh jenis mikoriza, varietas dan interaksi jenis mikoriza dan varietas terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman cabai pada tanah Incepticol. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Kebun Percobaan Iesuum Krueng Raya Aceh Besar, Rumah Kaca dan Laboratorium Fisiologi Tumbuhan Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Syiah Kuala Darussalam Banda Aceh dari bulan Mei sampai September 2018. Analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) pola faktorial 3 x 2 dengan 3 ulangan. Faktor yang diamati dalam penelitian ini adalah jenis mikoriza dan varietas. Jenis mikoriza yang digunakan adalah Glomus mosseae, Gigaspora sp dan Campuran serta varietas yang digunakan adalah varietas Lado F1 dan Perintis. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan jenis mikoriza berpengaruh nyata pada tinggi tanaman 30 dan 45 HSTdan jumlah cabang produktif. Jenis mikoriza terbaik terdapat pada jenis mikoriza campuran (Glomus mosseae dan Gigaspora sp). Pada varietas berpengaruh sangat nyata terhadap tinggi tanaman 15,30 dan 45 HST, diameter batang 30 dan 40 HST dan jumlah cabang produktif serta berpengaruh nyata pada diameter batang 45 HST. Jenis varietas terbaik terdapat pada varietas Lado. Interaksi antara jenis mikoriza dan jenis varietas berpengaruh sangat nyata terhadap tinggi tanaman 30 HST dan jumlah cabang produktif serta berpengaruh nyata pada diameter batang 30 HST.Interaksi antara jenis mikoriza dan varietas terbaik tedapat pada jenis mikoriza campuran (Glomus mosseae dan Gigaspora sp) dengan varietas Lado F1.The Effect of Mycorrhizal Types on the Growth of Some Chili Varieties in Incepticol Soil Krueng Raya Aceh BesarAbstract. This research aims to determine the effect of type of mycorrhiza, varieties, and interactions of mycorrhiza and varieties types on the growth and yield of chili plants on the Inceptisol land. This research was carried out at the Krueng Raya Iesuum Experimental Garden in Aceh Besar, greenhouse and laboratory of plant physiology, Faculty of Agriculture of Syiah Kuala University, Darussalam, Banda Aceh from Mei to September 2018. The analysis of data used in this study was Randomized Block Design -Factorial 3x2 with 3 replications. The factors observed in this research were the type of mycorrhiza and varieties. Types of mycorrhiza used are Glomus mosseae, Gigaspora, and the combination. Varieties used are Lado F1 and Perintis. The result of this research showed that types of mycorrhiza take effect significantly on plant height 30 dan 45 DAP and productive branch numbers. The mixed of mycorrhiza gives the best result on growth and yield of chili plant. The varieties of chili plants highly significant take effect on plant height 15, 30 and 45 DAP, stem diameter 30 and 40 HST and productive branch numbers and significantly affect on stem diameter 45 DAP. Lado F1 gives the best result on growth and yield. The interactions of mycorrhiza and varieties type highly significant take effect on plant height 30 HST and productive branch number and significantly take effect on stem diameter 30 HST. The combination of mixed mycorrhiza and Lado F1 treatment gives the best result on growth and yield of chili plants. 

This study aims to determine the effect of chicken manure and biourine on the growth of stem of ground water kangkung, so it is known that the best type of fertilizer used for growth and yield of kangkung plants after the first harvest. This experiment used a randomized block design (RBD) with a factorial experimental pattern consisting of two factors. The first factor is the dosage of biourine (B) consisting of 4 levels ie B0: control, B1: 200 L ha-1, B2: 400 L ha-1, and B3: 600 L ha-1. The second factor is dose of cow manure (K) consist of 2 levels ie K0: control and K1: 20 ton ha-1. The results concluded that there was no interaction between the treatment of chicken manure with biourin liquid fertilizer to all growth variables and the results observed in ground kangkung plants derived from stump except the variables of the harvest index. Treatment of chicken manure 20 tons ha-1 gave the highest economical fresh weight per plant that is 70.48 g and increased by 84.02% compared to the economical fresh weight per plant obtained in the treatment without chicken manure is 38.30 g, while the treatment dose of 400 L ha-1 biourine fertilizer gave the highest economical fresh weight per plant that is 55.66 g and increased by 7.63% compared to the economical fresh weight per plant obtained in the treatment without biourine fertilizer ie 51.71 g.

This study aims to determine the effect of the combination of AB mix nutrients with liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) of tofu liquid waste on the growth and yield of lettuce plants and to obtain the best combination for the growth and yield of lettuce hydroponically. This study used a non-factorial Randomized Block Design (RBD), consisting of a comparison of nutritional treatments, namely: N1 = 100% AB mix + 0% LOF of liquid waste tofu, N2= 75% AB mix + 25% LOF of tofu liquid waste, N3= 50% AB mix + 50% LOF of tofu liquid waste, N4= 25% AB mix + 75 % LOF of tofu liquid waste, N5= 100% LOF of waste liquid tofu which consists of 4 replications. Parameters observed were plant height, number of leaves, leaf length, leaf width, root length, fresh weight, root volume and weight fit for consumption. The results showed that the administration of 50% AB mix + 50% LOF of tofu liquid waste and 25% AB mix + 75% LOF of tofu liquid waste showed results that tended to be the same but the results of the combination of 75% AB mix + 25% LOF of tofu liquid waste were higher. On the parameters of the number of leaves is 11.12 strands, fresh weight is 66.40 g and suitable weight for consumption is 58.31 g.

One of the diseases that often found in sorghum plants is anthracnose disease caused by Colletotrichum sp. The purposed of this study was to determine the effect of adding micro fertilizer and the use of several sorghum genotypes on the intensity of anthracnose disease. The study was conducted in Sukanegara, Tanjung Bintang, South Lampung in April 2017 - February 2018 and at the Laboratory of Plant Diseases and Pests, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Lampung. The treatments were arranged using a randomized block design in a split plot design (3 times replications), the main plot was micro nutrients (with micro addition and without micro addition) and 15 subgroups of sorghum genotypes (Numbu, Samurai 1, GH3, UPCA, GH4, P / I WHP, GH6, Super 2, GH13, P / F 51-93-C, Super 1, GH5, Mandau, GH7, and Talaga Bodas). The results showed that the addition of "ZincMicro" micro fertilizers to sorghum plants did not affect the intensity of anthracnose disease, however there were differences in the intensity of anthracnose diseases between sorghum genotypes. Numbu Genotype, GH 3, and GH 13 were relatively more resistant to anthracnose disease than the other genotypes.

This research aimed to determine the effect of spacing on the growth and yield of corn. It was conducted from July to November 2019 at the Experimental Plantation of Cereal Crops Research Institute (BalitSereal), Maros, South Sulawesi. The experimental method used was a randomized block design consisting of 4 treatments: J1= (100 cm x 50 cm) x 20 cm, one seed per hole; J2= (100 cm x 50 cm) x 30 cm, alternating between one seed per hole and two seeds per hole; J3= (100 cm x 50 cm) x 40 cm, two seeds per hole; J4= (100 cm x 50 cm) x 15 cm, one seed per hole. The observed variables were plant height, number of leaves, stem diameter, leaf area index, Anthesis Silking Interval (ASI), length of cob 1 and cob 2, diameter of cob 1 and cob 2, weight of shelled seeds/plant, weight of 100 seeds on cob 1 and cob 2, and production of shelled seeds/hectare. The experimental results showed that plant spacing affected the growth and production of maize. The J3 spacing (100 cm x 50 cm) x 40 cm with two seeds per hole significantly affected the leaf area index and gave the highest average stem diameter. The J2 spacing with (100 cm x 50 cm) x 30 cm with alternating between one seed per hole and two seeds per hole produced the highest production in terms of weight of shelled seeds/plant, weight of 100 seeds and yield of shelled seeds/hectare.

This study aims to determine the effect of the concentration of AB Mix nutrients on the growth and yield of pakcoy plants. This research has been carried out at the agronet house of the Faculty of Agriculture, Panji Sakti University at an altitude of 39 m above sea level (above sea level), in March-May 2019. The experimental design used a single randomized block design (RCBD), namely the concentration of the AB Mix nutrition treatment ( K). Statistical analysis showed that AB Mix nutrient concentration had a very significant effect (p <0.01) on plant height at 14 days after planting, 21 days after planting, 28 days after planting, total wet weight per plant, leaf area per plant, and economic fresh weight per plant. The nutrient concentration of AB Mix 1.2% provides the best growth and yield of pakcoy plants. The higher concentration of AB Mix nutrition given causes the total wet weight per plant to change quadratically Ŷ = -137.83x2 + 325.54x - 88.997 with the coefficient of determination (R2) = 1 so that the optimum concentration = 1.18% and wet weight is obtained maximum total planting = 103,226 grams.Keywords: hydroponics, AB Mix nutrition, pakcoy Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh konsentrasi nutrisi AB Mix terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman pakcoy. Penelitian ini telah dilaksanakan di rumah agronet Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Panji Sakti pada ketinggian tempat 39 m dpl (dari atas permukaan laut), pada bulan Maret -Mei 2019. Rancangan percobaan menggunakan rancangan acak kelompok (RAK) faktor tunggal yaitu perlakuan konsentrasi nutrisi AB Mix (K). Hasil analisis staistik menunjukkan konsentrasi nutrisi AB Mix berpengaruh sangat nyata (p<0,01) terhadap tinggi tanaman pada umur 14 hst, 21 hst, 28 hst, 35 hst, berat basah total per tanaman, luas daun per tanaman, dan berat segar ekonomis per tanaman. Konsentrasi nutrisi AB Mix 1,2% memberikan pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman pakcoy terbaik. Semakin tinggi konsentrasi nutrisi AB Mix yang diberikan menyebabkan berat basah total per tanaman berubah secara kuadratik yaitu Ŷ= -137,83x2 + 325,54x - 88,997 dengan koefisien determinasi (R2) = 1 sehingga diperoleh konsentrasi optimum = 1,18% dan berat basah total pertanaman maksimum =103,226 gram.Kata kunci: hidroponik, nutrisi AB Mix, pakcoy

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini mempunyai tujuan untuk  mengetahui  durasi perendaman bibit   dengan auxin alami dan dosis pupuk NPK yang tepat  pada pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman bawang merah (Allium ascalonicum L). Dalam budidaya bawang merah sering dijumpai pertumbuhan benih yang lambat disebabkan karena faktor dalam bibit (endogenous factor) yang merugikan karena akan berdampak pada serangan penyakit busuk umbi. Maka mempercepat munculnya tunas dengan perlakuan pemberian auxin dan pemberian pupuk NPK ini diharapkan akan diperoleh bibit yang segera tumbuh supaya dapat berproduksi dalam keadaan sehat. Pada penelitian ini akan dikaji bagaimana mempercepat pertumbuhan bibit bawang merah dengan perendaman cepat dalam auxin alami yang diinteraksikan dengan pemberian pupuk NPK. Penelitian disusun dalam  RAK  faktorial dengan 2 faktor sebanyak 3 x ulangan. Faktor 1 adalah perlakuan lama perendaman bibit bawang merah (D), yang terdiri dari D0 = tanpa perendaman , D1= perendaman 0,5 jam, D2 = perendaman 1 jam, D3= perendaman 1,5 jam, D4 = perendaman 2 jam. Sedangkan faktor kedua  adalah pemberian pupuk NPK, P1= 100 kg/ha, P2= 200 kg/ha, P3= 300 kg/ha.  Variabel yang diamati adalah tinggi tanaman, jumlah batang/rumpun, bobot segar bawang merah/rumpun, jumlah umbi bawang merah/rumpun. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan Anova dan uji DMRT 5%.  Hasil Penelitian didapatkan  bahwa ada pengaruh interaksi nyata antara perlakuan D (lama perendaman) dan P (dosis pupuk NPK) pada variabel tinggi tanaman, jumlah batang/rumpun, bobot segar bawang merah/rumpun dan jumlah umbi/rumpun.  Perlakuan terbaik adalah D4P3 yaitu perendaman bibit bawang merah selama 2 jam dengan pemupukan NPK anorganik 300 kg/ha.  ABSTRACTThe aims of the study was to  determine  the duration of bulb dipping with  natural auxin on the growth and yield of shallot (Allium ascalonicum L). In shallot cultivation, it is found that the slow growth of bulb is caused by the factors in the bulbs (endogenous factors) because it will impact on bulb rot disease. Then accelerating the emergence of shoots with the treatment of auxin and NPK fertilizer, it is hoped that the bulbs will grow well so that they will be harvested in a healthy condition. In this research, we will study how to accelerate the growth of shallot bulbs with rapid immersion in natural auxin which is interacted with NPK fertilizer. The research was  arranged  in a factorial randomized block design with 2 factors and repeated 3 times, where the first factor was the treatment was the length of dipping the shallot seeds. (D). consisting of D0 = without dipping, D1 = dipping 0.5 hours, D2 = dipping 1 hour, D3 = dipping 1.5 hours, D4 = dipping 2 hours. While the second factor is the provision of  . NPK . fertilizer, P1 = 100 kg / ha, P2 = 200 kg / ha, P3 = 300 kg.ha. The variables observed were plant   height, number of clumps / plant, fresh weight of shallots / plant, number of shallot bulbs / plant. Observation data  were  analyzed by ANOVA and 5% DMRT test. The results showed that there was a significant   interaction effect between D and P treatment on the variable plant height, number of clumps/plant, fresh weight of shallots / plants and number of tubers / plants. The best treatment is D4P3, which is soaking shallot seeds for 2 hours with 300 kg / ha of inorganic NPK fertilization.