ABSTRACT The Siak River is one of the largest rivers in Riau Province, which passes through four regency and one city area. The baung fish (Hemibagrus nemurus) is a type of freshwater fish native to Indonesia which has high potential to be developed in the aquaculture sector. This study aims to determine the morphometric variations, growth patterns and ratios of morphometric characters of baun…
ABSTRACT Buah makasar is a species of the Simaroubaceae family that has a shrub habitus and compound leaves. Buah makasar's leaf have potential as medicinal plants. This study aims to characterize the anatomy and histochemistry of buah makasar leaves and analyze its potential as a medicinal plant. The methods used were paraffin, paradermal, and histochemical method. Anatomical structures were …
ABSTRACT The golden banana (Musa acuminata Colla) is a typical banana plant in Rokan Hilir. Some parts of the golden banana plant are generally used, however, various other banana organs such as fruit skin, stem midrib, bractea, and golden banana flowers in Rokan Hilir have not been used in medicine. This study aims to determine the content of secondary metabolites and antioxidant activity in …
ABSTRACT The high diversity of Muridae in Mekongga Mountain, Southeast Sulawesi, requires identification methods. Identification methods can be through morphometric and molecular approaches. This study aims to analyze the type of mice in Mount Mekongga, Southeast Sulawesi using molecular approach of DNA barcode of CO1 gene and measurement of 20 morphometric characters of mouse skull. The resea…
ABSTRACT Biology learning cannot be separated from practicum activities, both practicum in the laboratory and in the field which can support the development of students' skills. In fact, the implementation of practicum activities cannot be carried out optimally due to various constraints such as time constraints, lack of understanding of the use of tools and materials and lack of understanding…
ABSTRACT Liberica coffee (Coffea liberica W. Bull Ex. Hiern) is one of the plants that have been developed in peatlands area such as Riau. One of factors that reduce the productivity of coffee plants is pests and plant diseases. Liberica coffee varieties Liberoid Meranti 1 (Lim 1) and Liberoid Meranti 2 (Lim 2) are from Kepulauan Meranti and resistant to leaf rust disease. LRR-RLK sequence in …
ABSTRACT One of the most commonly found inorganic waste is plastic bags. Plastic is an inorganic waste that has constituent components that are difficult to decompose in nature. Plastic waste can be degraded in the environment by microorganisms such as bacteria. The use of microorganisms and the use of enzymes is an effective and environmentally friendly way. The purpose of this study was to t…
ABSTRACT The presence of microbes in the soil (bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes) is very much found starting from the top layer of soil to the bottom layer of soil. The number of populations and microbial activity in the soil can be an indication of soil fertility, one of which is in oil palm plantations. Oil palm plantation soil has environmental characteristics that support microbial growth…
ABSTRACT Dendrobium Black Spider x Dendrobium violaceoflavens 'Paras Ayu' is a type of hybrid orchid found in Indonesia. This orchid was registered with the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) under the trade name Dendrobium Paras Ayu in 2018. Root induction was carried out by thinning shoots on new media by adding a growth regulator from the auxin group in vitro. The purpose of this study was t…
ABSTRACT Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is a vegetable oil source plant whose production has decreased every year due to limited resistant cultivar. Grey mold disease caused by pathogenic fungi Botryotinia ricini is the main disease castor. The R gene generally encodes nucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeats (NBS-LRR). The aim of this study was to analyze the NBS-LRR sequence of castor plan…
ABSTRACT Ureolytic bacteria are a group of bacteria that can produce urease enzymes to hydrolyze urea. Ureolytic bacteria are able to produce calcite (CaCO3) through the precipitation process. The purpose of this study was to determine the toxicity of five isolates of SP. 32, SP. 34, SP. 48, SP. 83, and SP. 84 and the ability of the five isolates to produce calcite. Bacterial bioassay was carr…
ABSTRACT Banana is member of the Musa genus Musaceae family that widely cultivated in Indonesia, one of which is in Lubuk Alung District, Padang Pariaman regency. This study aims to inventory and identify banana diversity and examine their relationship based on morphological characters. This research was conducted from November 2022 to March 2023. Sampling was done by exploration method. Morph…
ABSTRACT Melinjo is a cultivated plant that is widely used by the community because it has economic value. However, many people use melinjo plants excessively without seeing the availability of melinjo plants in natural population. This proves that melinjo has been included in the IUCN Red List with Least Concerned (LC) status or less attention. The research was conducted using exploration and…
ABSTRACT Geniotrigona thoracica is a type of stingless bee that is now in great demand and kept by local breeders, one of which is in Kandi Orchards, Sawahlunto, West Sumatra. This stingless bee is also known as galo-galo (Sumatra). The productivity of galo-galo produces honey and propolis which is determined by the activities of the workers so the more active the galo-galoes are, the more hon…
ABSTRACT Medicinal plants are the main element in the local medicine system in Karas District, Fakfak Regency. This is closely related to the culture and traditional knowledge of the community. This study aims to identify the species of medicinal plants used by Traditional Medicine Practitioners (TMP) An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to collect information from Traditional Medicine Pract…
ABSTRACT Natural cellulose can be synthesized by microorganisms using a static method through the fermentation process of sago liquid waste and sucrose which produces biopolymers in the form of cellulose pellicles. This study aimed to optimize cellulose production by mixed bacterial cultures originating from durian, banana and pineapple pulp using sago liquid waste and sucrose as carbon source…
ABSTRACK Snakehead fish (Channa striata, Bloch 1793) that lives in Kampar Kiri River uses natural food as. Snakehead fish is a carnivorous fish whose natural fish, insects, plants and debris. Analysis of stomach content provides an overview of the composition of natural feed in fish stomachs and their habitats. The purpose of this study was to determine the type of food, percentage of food and…
ABSTRACT Riau University is one of the areas where various plants are distributed, including the Fabaceae family. The purpose of this study was to identify the pollen morphology from three subfamily of Fabaceae from the University of Riau. Sampling in the field was carried out using exploratory method. Pollen preparations were prepared using the acetolysis and non-acetolysis, method and their …
ABSTRACT Sun bear with vulnerable status and high dependency to habitats now facing high habitat loss. Occupancy approaching with presence/absence method was used, since less sun bear information in PT. GAN. The objective of this research is to provide information about sun bear and its habitat use in PT. GAN, which leads to better sun bear conservation as well. Vegetation type vary among PT. …
ABSTRACT The productivity of chili in Indonesia is still very low compared to the yield potential, one of the reasons is that many chili plants are attacked by disease. Ralstonia solanacearum is one of the bacteria that attacks chili plants which causes wilt disease. One type of Indonesian herbal plant that has antibacterial activity is neem (Azadirachta indica) and bleeding heart vine (Clerod…