Modification of Media for Banana In Vitro Propagation with Foliar Fertilizer and Coconut Water in cv. Rajabulu

The use of foliar fertilizers and coconut water is potential; foliar fertilizer is the alternative medium and coconut water is the plant growth regulator (PGR) in the banana tissue culture. This study aimed to examine the ability of foliar fertilizer to substitute Murashige and Skoog (MS) media and coconut water as the main source of cytokine. There are two factors in this research. The first factor is the media, which consist of three levels, i.e. fully MS, ½ MS + ½ foliar fertilizer and fully foliar fertilizer. The second factor is the coconut water with four levels of concentration i.e. 50, 100, 150 and 200 ml l-1. The results show that fully formulated foliar fertilizer had not been able to substitute or even compete with a fully MS media, but conversely foliar fertilizer was used to substitute ½ MS media. This can be seen from the parameters of shoot length, leaf length, root number and root length with the highest yield that was found in MS media (8.7, 4.66, 3.33 and 3.23 cm). The 50-100 ml l-1 concentrations of coconut water showed the best results by giving a significant effect on the number of roots and root length. The acclimatization of plantlets in this study was nearly 100%, indicated by the formation of a complete organ

Application of Rhizoctonia mycorrhiza and without Rhizoctonia mycorrhiza in improving vegetative growth of Dendrobium nindii seedlings

Dendrobium is a genus of orchid that has the most attraction among the public rather than other types, especially for orchid species such as Dendrobium nindii type. The obstacle in cultivating orchids species is the slow vegetative growth when compared to orchids resulting from crosses (hybrid orchids). This research aimed to determine the vegetative growth of D. nindii seedlings using Rhizoctonia sp. The research was conducted at the Greenhouse, Faculty of Agriculture, Tunas Pembangunan University from January to July 2023. The research used quantitative descriptive method consisting of one treatment with six replications and each replications contained ten plants. The factor was application of Rhizoctonia mycorrhiza and without application of Rhizoctonia mycorrhiza. The results showed that (1) the morphological characteristics of Rhizoctonia mycorrhiza were white colonies, with right-angled branches and two nuclei, (2) the application of mycorrhizal Rhizoctonia had a very significant effect on the vegetative growth of D. nindii as shown in the parameters of plant height, leaf length, number of leaves, root length, number of roots and fresh weight of seedlings, and (3) there was an association of Rhizoctonia mycorrhiza with the formation of the peloton structure.ABSTRAKDendrobium merupakan salah satu genus anggrek yang memiliki daya tarik paling banyak di masyarakat diantara jenis anggrek lainnya terutama untuk anggrek spesies seperti Dendrobium nindii. Kendala dalam budidaya anggrek spesies adalah pertumbuhan vegetatif yang lambat bila dibandingkan dengan anggrek hasil persilangan (anggrek hibrida). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pertumbuhan vegetatif bibit D. nindii dengan menggunakan Rhizoctonia sp. Penelitian dilakukan di Rumahkasa Fakultas Pertanian Unversitas Tunas Pembangunan dari Januari sampai Juli 2023. Penelitian menggunakan metode deskriptif kuantitatif dengan enam ulangan dan setiap ulangan terdiri enam tanaman. Faktor perlakuan adalah aplikasi Rhizoctonia mikoriza dan tanpa aplikasi Rhizoctonia mikoriza. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan (1) ciri morfologi Rhizoctonia mikoriza berupa koloni berwarna putih, dengan percabangan siku-siku dan berinti dua, (2) pemberian Rhizoctonia mikoriza berpengaruh sangat nyata pada pertumbuhan vegetatif D. nindii  yang ditunjukan pada parameter tinggi tanaman, panjang daun, jumlah daun, panjang akar, jumlah akar dan berat segar bibit, dan (3) terjadi asosiasi Rhizoctonia mikoriza dengan terbentuknya struktur peloton

PENGGUNAAN PUPUK CAIR EKSTRAK LIMBAH RUMAH TANGGA DALAM BUDIDAYA ORGANIK KEDELAI PADA SISTEM AGROFORESTRI

Organic cultivation in egroforestry system by biofertilizer potentialy conducted for soybean.  Soybean cultivation in agroforestry system there are several limitations but it have to effort since the area of ideal land decreasing year by year.  The aim of the research by experiment method is increasing yield of soybean by organic cultivation in agrofrestry system either quality or quantity.  The experiment design is randomized block design (RBD) with two factor trearments.  The first factor are kinds of variety (Grobogan and Local) as mainplot and the second one are biofertilizer duration (no biofertilizer as control, 4, 5, 6, 7 weeks applies ones a week).  So there are 10 combination treatments and replicated three times for each of them