Oil palm cultivation in Riau Province is generally grown using a monoculture system. Oil palm monoculture systems have an impact on soil compaction which results in decreased infiltration rate and capacity, permeability and aeration. One of the efforts to reduce the impact of a monoculture system is to apply an agroforestry system. Agroforestry systems that can be developed in oil palm plantati…
Generally, oil palm is cultivated by using monoculture system in Riau. As an effort to reduce the impact of monoculture system, agroforestry system could be applied by combining crops with woody plant. This study aimed to analyze soil biodiversity in agroforestry system of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) with gaharu plant (Aquilaria malaccensis Lamrk.) and monoculture system of oil palm.…
Peatland is an important natural resource for human life because it can be used as growth of oil palm plantation. The growth of oil palm plantations in peatlands is strongly influenced by peat water management. This study aims to study the relationship of different water levels to the content of leaf Cu and Zn nutrients and the growth of oil palm plants (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) in the peatland…
Studies on the combination of organic mulch and earthworms density on the properties of Dystrudepts and oil palm production are scarce. This study aims to determine the effect of organic mulch, earthworm density and it’s interactions and determine the combination of organic mulch and earthworm density which results in improved Dystrudepts properties and the best oil palm production. This rese…
This research was conducted to determine the adaptation of several soybean genotypes planted in two shade conditions according to the age of the oil palm plantations. This study was conducted by using a split plot design with 3 replications. Three levels of shading including shading caused by 3 years old oil palm tree, 5 years old oil palm tree and control were assigned as the main plots. Eight…
Potassium losses through leaching on peat soils are very high. Research on the effect of lime and NPK slow release on potassium loss is still limited. This study aimed to determine the effect of dolomite, a type of NPK slow release and the interaction between the dolomite with NPK slow release of the rate of loss of nutrients in the peat soil and to find the dose that can reduce the rate of lea…
The objective of this research was to determine phenotypic variability of mungbean M2 and M3 Mutant populations resulted from gamma ray irradiation compared to the parent (M0), and see the correlation between characters in the population. The Field experiment was conducted by using a completely randomized design in which three populations including M2, M3 and the parent (M0) were planted in 201…
This study aimed to get to know the effect of different doses formulated Trichokompos doses on the growth and production of onion varieties dilahan peat, as well as to get a dose of Trichokompos formulated and the best interaction on several onion varieties. Research using split plot design draft with 12 combination and each treatment was repeated 3 times, analyzed in the laboratory and analysi…
This research aimed to study the effect of charcoal from oil palm trunks on soil chemical, growth and production of sweet corn, to study the effect of application N, P, K fertilizers on growth and production of sweet corn and interaction of charcoal from oil palm trunks and application N, P, K fertilizers on growth and production of sweet corn. The experiment was arranged in a factorial trial…
The utilization of peat soil for the development of rice cultivation is faced with many obstacles, where the peat soil is ripe often found rice plants with a high percentage of empty grain, empty grain is caused by the lack of elements of Cu. One of the abundant ameliorants that can be utilized as a soil enhancer is the compost of solid waste from sago processing. Utilization of solid waste com…
This research aims to study effect application of biochar residue, liquid smoke and interaction of biochar residue and liquid smoke to the growth and yield of upland rice on Ultisol medium. The research was conducted at the Green House of the Faculty of Agriculture, Riau University on January to June 2018. The research in form factorial experiment was arranged a completely randomized design (CR…
This research aims to determine the genetic diversity of local rice accessions from Kampar based on morphological and molecular marker of trnL-trnF intergenic spacer. Observation of morphological characters was carried out in the experiment station (greenhouse) Faculty of Agriculture, University of Riau, whereas molecular analysis carried out in the laboratory of genetics, Department of biology…
The study aims to determine potential of soil degradation in oil palm plantations, evaluate the status of soil degradation in the company and small holder’s plantations in Pasir Penyu Subdistrict, and develop recommendations for improved management to control land degradation. The study was conducted in March-May 2019 in Pasir Penyu Subdistrict, Indragiri Hulu District, Riau Province. The res…
The aim of this research is to determine the exact dose of oil palm empty bunch (OPEB) compost and NPKMg fertilizer which produced the highest growth and yield of oil palm in Ultisol soil.The study suggestedeffect of composite oil palm empty bunches with cow manure (2:1(w/w)) and NPKMg (13:6:27:4) fertilizer that enriched with trace elements; boron, copper and zinc. The study used a completely …
The objective of this study was to create the relationship model of Land Characteristics with Production as Formulation Land Suitability Criteria for palm oil (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). The research was conducted in 6 stages; (1) Data Collection, (2) Data Analysis with stepwise regression and discriminant analysis, (3) Modeling Land Suitability Criteria with the boundary line method, (4) Valida…
This study proposed to determine the relationship between the morphological and physiological character during the development of oil palm fruit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) with yield components and harvest time. The results obtained are useful for determining the pattern of oil palm fruit development, the composition of fat at various levels of fruit development and for looking for suitable fruit…
The objective of the research was to analyze the variability of agronomic and seed quality components related to K fertilizer in soybean mixed populations and to analyze whether K fertilizer affected the quality of soybean seed. This study used a randomized block design with three repetitions. The main factor is the genotype consists of G1= Detam 1, G2 = Detam 2, G3 = Detam 3, G4 = Anjasmoro, G…
Corn consumption increases every year which means the production must be increased. One of effort that can be done is extensification on peatsoil. Peat soil has considerable potential but has low fertility. Dolomite is often used to overcome the low fertility of peat soil, but also increases the solubility of organic compounds. Other ameliorants that containing polyvalent cations are available …
Peatland is one type of lands that is included in the marginal land criteria. . Developing food crop commodities is one of the alternatives for the peatland agriculture development, especially for rice plants with a rooting criterion of 40-50 cm. To improve the nutrients and peat productivity, the additions of macro nutrients like N, P, and K, rice straw organic matter, compost, and cellulolyti…
This study aims to determine the impact of the application of P fertilizer which is very intensive in the first planting cycle of oil palm to the accumulation of various forms of P fractions in the soil (total P, P available, P organic, inorganic P, Ca-P, Al-P, Fe -P and P covered / occluded) as well as Phosphate nutrient uptake in the second oil palm planting cycle. In the first planting c…