CD Skripsi
Kajian Kepadatan Populasi Cacing Tanah Pada Lahan Kelapa Sawit Rakyat, Karet Rakyat Dan Alang-Alang Di Lahan Mineral Masam
ABSTRACT
The increase in the area of plantation crops such as oil palm and rubber is inversely proportional to the availability of land for plantation areas, resulting in the expansion of land on acidic mineral soils. This soil has a variety of problems with its physical, biological, and chemical properties. These problems then affects plants and earthworms. While the presence of earthworms is an indicator of the level of fertility of a soil. For this reason, the study of earthworm population densities in plantation areas is very important. This study aims to compare the development of earthworms in oil palm, rubber, and reeds. This research was conducted in a survey where the sampling of soil was determined by the purposive random sampling method. Sampling of earthworms was carried out with a soil sampler, and the calculation method was by hand sorting. Parameters observed were the number of adult worms, the number of young worms, and the number of cocoons of earthworms; the weight of adult earthworms and the weight of young earthworms; the population density of adult earthworms and the population density of young earthworms; the percentage of adult earthworws and young earthworms. The results showed that the highest number, weight, density and percentage of young and adult earthworms were found in mature oil palm plantations, followed by immature oil palm plantations for the number, weight, and density of young earthworms, and the highest number of cocoons were found on immature rubber plantations.
Keywords: Oil Palm, Rubber, Reeds, and Earthworms
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