ABSTRACT Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is a plantation crop that is a leading commodity in Indonesia, especially in Riau Province. Riau Province has sandy soils (Dystrudepts) that are often used for oil palm plantations. This soil has a very fast percolation and high leaching risk, so it requires the selection of slow-release fertilizers namely Polyhalite and combined with KCl. The purpos…
ABSTRACT Sweet corn (Zea mays saccharata Sturt.) can be cultivated in acid soils with low nutrient availability. A combination of biofertilizer and NPK is required as biofertilizer alone is insufficient. To maintain microbial effectiveness, this study used Mucuna bracteata as a storage medium for biofertilizers.This research was conducted experimentally using a Completely Randomized Design (CR…
ABSTRACT The decline in maize production in Riau province is caused by the attack of plant disrupting organisms, namely armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda J. E. Smith). S. frugiperda attacks meize plants in the vegetative phase up to the generative phase. The use of synthetic insecticides can cause negative effects. The solution to reduce the use of synthetic insecticides is to find alternatives…
ABSTRACT Rice plant (Oryza sativa L.) is a rice-producing plant and the main food commodity for the Indonesian population. intensification is one of the efforts to increase agricultural yields by fertilizing using both inorganic and organic fertilizers. The addition of organic materials such as solid waste and biological fertilizers can make the use of inorganic fertilizers more efficient. Thi…
ABSTRACT Shallot (Allium ascalonicum L.) is one of the horticultural crop commodities that is widely consumed by the community because it has various benefits. Shallot production in Riau Province is still categorized as low compared to other provinces such as North Sumatra and West Sumatra. It is necessary to increase production by using shallot seeds from seeds known as true shallot seeds (TS…
ABSTRACT This research aims to observe the interaction of Trichoderma sp. and NPKMg fertilizer, to observe the single effect of Trichoderma sp. and NPKMg fertilizer and to obtain the best dose of Trichoderma sp. and NPKMg fertilizer to increase the growth of palm oil seedlings in main nursery phase on Ultisol medium. This research was conducted using a completely randomized design (CRD) factor…
ABSTRACT This study aims to determine the interaction between the application of humic acid and NPKMg fertilizer, as well as to obtain the best dose for the growth of oil palm plants (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) in the main nursery on ultisol media. This research was conducted using a factorial complete random design (CRD) consisting of two factors. The first factor of humic acid consists of …
The generative development of candlenut plants has obstacles because the seeds have a long dormancy. This research aims to obtain better information on the length of soaking candlenut seeds in shallot extract to accelerate the breaking of seed dormancy. This research was carried out in the Greenhouse and Plant Breeding Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Riau University. This research was carri…
Shallot (Allium ascalonicum L.) is a horticultural commodity that people need as cooking spices and medicines. Efforts to increase shallot production can be done by adding organic material to the soil, by applying corn compost which can increase the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of the soil so that it can provide more nutrients. Another effort that can be made is adding nutrients that plants n…
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is an important plantation commodity in the Indonesian economy as it is the country's main foreign exchange earner. The low production and productivity of oil palm plants, one of the causes is genetic factors and not applying good technical culture, so that tread fill can be one of the solutions. Making a treadmill is useful for activating adventitious roots. …
Honey bee cultivation has great potential to be developed in Indonesia. PT Arara Abadi is an industrial plantation forest company with acacia (A. crassicarpa). Efforts to improve the economy of the community around the concession area have been carried out in several villages for silvopastura activities, one of which is Mandi Angin Village. The availability of feed is very influential on honey …
This study aims to obtain the right cocoa seed coating material and better storage duration in maintaining the physiological quality of seeds. The research was conducted experimentally using a completely randomized design (CRD) with 2 factors. The first factor is the application of coating material, consisting of no coating, coating with PEG 6000 at 10% concentration, and coating with CMC at 1%…
Mucuna is an important and very useful ground cover crop for rubber and oil palm plantations. Mucuna has a long dormancy period, which is 1 – 2 months after the harvesting process. The use of chemical solutions is one of the effective ways to break dormancy. Solutions commonly used to break dormancy include potassium nitrate solution. The purpose of this study was to determine the germination…
Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is one of the food crop commodities that play an important role in meeting national food needs, soybeans are one of the sources of vegetable protein that is quite affordable, when compared to other protein sources. This research aims to study the interaction effect and main factors of Petroganic and NPK fertilizers and to find the best combination of Petrogani…
Fluctuations in cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) production in Indonesia are caused by several factors, one of which is the attack of cabbage crop caterpillar (Crocidolomia pavonana F.). Control using synthetic insecticides is the main choice of farmers in controlling Crocidolomia pavonana F., but it turns out that it can cause negative impacts such as pest resistance, recurrence, k…
Biofertilizer viability will decrease, a carrier material is needed that can maintain the shelf life of the biofertilizer. The carrier material used in this research as a storage medium was M. bracteata. This research aims to obtain the best shelf life from long storage of biofertilizer to support the growth and production of sweet corn. The research was conducted experimentally using a complet…
The low productivity of soybeans in Indonesia, especially in Riau Province, is due to suboptimal cultivation techniques and a decrease in nutrient levels in the soil. Applying balanced fertilization is one of the appropriate cultivation techniques for increasing the nutrient content of the soil and providing nutrients for soybean plants. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of t…
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop that produces rice as the staple food for most of the Indonesian population. The average productivity of upland rice in Indonesia is still relatively low, but it has the potential to be cultivated on marginal dry land (Ultisol) which has various limiting factors, both chemical and physical. Improvement of these limiting factors can be done by adminis…
The need for sweet corn increases along with the increase in population. Increasing corn production can be done by using cow biourine and phosphorus fertilizer. This research aims to determine the interaction and combination of giving cow biourine with phosphorus fertilizer on the growth and yield of sweet corn plants. This research used a completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of two fa…
This research used a factorial completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of two factors. The first factor is Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) compost with three levels, namely T0= no EFB compost, T1= 10 t.ha-1 EFB compost, T2= 15 t.ha-1 EFB compost. The second factor is the provision of KCl fertilizer with three levels, namely, K0= without KCl fertilizer, K1= 100 kg.ha-1 , K2= 150 kg.ha-1 . The pa…