Uji Pupuk Slow Release Urea Dirakit dari Berbagai Bahan Polimer terhadap Pertumbuhan dan Hasil Bawang Merah Tiron pada Tanah Sawah Purwosari

This research aims to determine 1) the effect of four formulas on slow release urea on the growth and yield of shallot plant at Purwosari village and 2) formula of slow release urea that have the best growth and yield of shallot plant at Purwosari village. The research was conducted in November 2019 untill Maret 2020 The research was conducted at the ex-paddy fields of Purwosari village, Baturraden District, Banyumas Regency and Research Laboratory, Jenderal Soedirman University. Research in the form of non-factorial field experiments using RAKL with five treatments repeated five times. The formula of each treatment includes: F0 = NPK (Urea, SP-36, and KCl), F1 = 70% urea + 6% chitosan + 24% humic acid, F2 = 70% urea + 10% Azolla microphylla + 10% gondorukem + 10% humic acid , F3 = 60% urea + 10% Azolla microphylla + 10% montmorillonite + 10% gondorukem + 10% humic acid, and F4 = 56% urea + 3% humic acid + 24% zeolite + 11% tapioca flour + 6% gondorukem. The observed variable including growth and yield components of shallot. The variable of growth including the height of plant, the number of leaves, the weight of fresh plant of clump-1, the weight of fresh plant of effective plot, the weight of dry plant of clump-1, the weight of dry plant of effective plot, and the number of clump-1 bulbs. The yield components of shallot is a bulbs. Result of the research showed that the best formula for plant growth and yield of shallot plant is F2. The growth and yield of shallot produced by F4 is always lower than in the control treatment (F0). Farmers can fertilize less and optimize nitrogen uptake by plants with application of slow release of urea.

Comparison between conventional urea and slow-release urea on concentration of ammonia in the rumen: A meta-analysis

Urea is a source of Non-Protein Nitrogen (NPN). The utilization of urea in the ration is useful for increasing digestibility, dry matter intake, and increasing protein content. This study aims to compare the utilization of conventional urea and Slow Release Urea (SRU) to reduce ammonia concentration by in vivo study using meta-analysis. A total of 13 studies were obtained that consisted of 41 data points. The parameters in this study include pH, Dry Matter Intake (DMI), Volatile Fatty Acid (VFA), ammonia concentration, and nitrogen intake. The database compiled was statistically analyzed using a mixed model method. Different studies were considered as random effects, and the level of urea was treated as fixed effects. The model statistics used were the p-values and the Akaike information criterion. The significance of an effect was stated when its p-value was <0.05. The results revealed that level SRU and conventional urea had a significant linear effect on ammonia concentration, DMI, VFA, pH and nitrogen intake. However, the effect of giving SRU was better than conventional urea. It can be concluded that SRU can control ammonia concentration, DMI, VFA, pH and nitrogen intake better than urea.

Effect of Commercial Slow-Release Urea Product on in Vitro Rumen Fermentation and Ruminal Microbial Community Using RUSITEC Technique

Background The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of commercial slow-release urea (SRU) on in vitro fermentation characteristics, nutrient digestibility, gas production, microbial protein synthesis and bacterial community using rumen simulation technique (RUSITEC). The experiment was a completely randomized design with four treatments and four replications of each treatment. Treatments were: control diet (no SRU addition), control diet plus 0.28% SRU (U28), or plus 0.56% SRU (U56), and control diet that was modified for substituting with 0.35% SRU for equavelant soybean protein (MU35; dry matter [DM] basis). The experiment consisted of 8 days of adaptation and 7 days of data and sample collection. Rumen inoculum was obtained from three ruminally fistulated Angus cows fed the same diet to the substrate incubated. Results Digestibility of DM, organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), fibre and starch was not affected, but daily production of gas (P < 0.07) and methane (P < 0.05) was quadratically changed with increasing SRU supplementation. The increase of SRU addition did not affect fermentation pH and total volatile fatty acid (VFA) production, whereas linearly (P < 0.01) decreased proportion of propionate, and linearly (P < 0.01) increased acetate to propionate ratio and ammonia nitrogen (N) concentration. The microbial N efficiency also linearly (P < 0.03) improved with increasing supplementation of SRU. In comparison with control diet, the dietary substitution of SRU for part of soybean meal increased (P < 0.05) the digestibility of DM, OM and CP and decreased (P < 0.02) the total gas production. The total VFA production and acetate to propionate ratio did not differ between control and MU35, whereas the proportion of butyrate was lower (P < 0.05) and that of branched-chain VFA was greater (P < 0.05) with MU35 than control diet. Total and liquid-associated microbial N production as well as ammonia N concentration were greater (P < 0.03) with MU35 than control diet. Observed OTUs, Shannon diversity index, and beta diversity of the microbial community did not differ among treatments. Taxonomic analysis revealed no effect of adding SRU on the relative abundance of bacteria at the phylum level, while at the genus level, the impact of SRU addition on microbial community was greater with MU35 either for liquid associate bacteria or feed particle-associated bacteria. Conclusions Supplementation of a dairy cow diet with SRU showed potential of increase in ammonia N concentration and microbial protein production, and change fermentation pattern to more acetate production. Adding SRU in dairy cow diet also showed beneficial effect on improving digestibility of OM and fibre. The results suggest that SRU can partially substitute soybean meal in dairy cow diet to increase microbial protein production without impairing rumen fermentation.

Synthesis and Characterization of Slow-Release Fertilizer Hydrogels Based on Hydroxy Propyl Methyl Cellulose, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Glycerol and Blended Paper as Second Layer

In this study, a slow-release urea fertilizer hydrogel was synthesized from hydroxyl propyl methyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol and glycerol blends with paper (blended paper) as second layer. The fertilizer hydrogel was characterized by SEM, XRD and FTIR. Its retention in sandy soil, swelling behavior in distilled and tap water as well as slow-release behavior to urea were investigated. The results indicated that the fertilizer had good slow-release properties and ability to retain water in soil. However, the addition of blended paper as a second layer matrix was found to help improve the release properties of the fertilizer. The swelling kinetic of the hydrogel followed the Schott&rsquo;s Second order model. The release kinetics of urea in water was best described by the Zero order model signifying that the release behavior was independent of fertilizer concentration

PSX-B-6 Effect of slow-release urea on gas production, fermentation characteristics, nutrient digestibility and microbial protein synthesis in an artificial rumen system

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of slow-release urea (SRU) on gas production, fermentation parameters, nutrient digestibility, and microbial protein synthesis using artificial rumen system. The experiment was a completely randomized design with four treatments and four replications of each treatment. The treatments were control diet (no SRU), control diet supplemented with 0.28% (U28), 0.56% SRU (U56) or control diet that was added by 1.5% more corn grain and substituted with 0.35% SRU for 1.85% soybean meal (U35-SBM). The diets were formulated to be isoenergetic (1.71 NEL Mcal/kg), but protein concentration was lower (15.48 vs. 16.24%) and starch concentration was higher (28.2 vs. 27.1%) with U35-SBM than other three treatments. Experimental period consisted of 8 d of adaptation and 7 d of sampling. Rumen inoculum was obtained from three ruminally fistulated Angus cows fed the same diet to the substrate incubated. Gas production (L/d) was lower (P = 0.02) with U35-SBM (1.51) than control (1.79) or U28 (1.92); however, methane production was not affected by treatments (average, 47 mg/d). Dry matter digestibility was greater (P &lt; 0.01) with U35-SBM (78.5%) than other treatments (74.6%), which had no differences in DM digestibility. Total volatile fatty acid (VFA) production did not differ among treatments (average, 53.1 mmol/d), but increasing SRU supplementation linearly (P &lt; 0.01) decreased molar proportion of propionate from 27.0 to 25.7% and linearly (P &lt; 0.01) increased acetate to propionate ratio from 1.69 to 1.78. The ammonia nitrogen (N) linearly (P &lt; 0.01) increased from 7.70 to 10.25 mmol/L with increasing SRU addition. Microbial protein synthesis was greater (P = 0.03) with SRU treatments (average, 83.9 mg N/d) than control (78.9 mg N/d). The present results demonstrated the benefits to add the SRU in dairy cow diet for improving ruminal digestibility and microbial protein synthesis.

UJI BEBERAPA JENIS PUPUK NITROGEN LEPAS LAMBAT PADA TANAMAN KUBIS BUNGA (Brassica oleraceae var. botrytis L.) YANG DIBERI PUPUK DASAR NPK

Pupuk urea konvensional yang mudah hilang dan tercuci di tanah dapat diatasi dengan memodifikasi bentuk fisika dan kimia pupuk urea konvensional menjadi pupuk urea lepas lambat (Slow Release Urea= SRU). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) mengetahui pengaruh pemberian beberapa jenis pupuk sumber nitrogen lepas lambat terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil kubis bunga. (2) mengetahui jenis pupuk sumber N (nitrogen) lepas lambat yang paling baik pengaruhnya terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil kubis bunga. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Bukit Kemiling Permai, Kota Bandar Lampung pada bulan Maret sampai dengan Juni 2019. Penelitian ini menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK). Lima perlakuan dalam penelitian ini adalah P0 (Kontrol), P1 (Urea), P2 (SRU Bentonit), P3 (SRU Baggase Bottom Ash (BBA)), dan P4 (SRU Mesopori) yang diulang sebanyak empat kali. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengaruh berbagai jenis pupuk sumber nitrogen lepas lambat pada tanaman kubis bunga tidak berbeda dengan urea konvensional dan tanpa pemupukan. Secara umum, pupuk urea lepas lambat lebih unggul dibandingkan dengan pupuk urea konvensional dalam hal lebar tajuk tanaman, panjang daun, lebar daun, waktu panen, bobot curd, dan diameter curd, namun pebedaannya tidak signifikan. Pemberian perlakuan pupuk SRU (slow release urea) jenis Messopori cenderung menghasilkan bobot kering daun yang lebih berat dibandingkan dengan pupuk SRU (slow release urea) jenis BBA dengan selisih 1,84 g (19,81%).

Slow-release urea partially replace soybean in the diet of Holstein dairy cows: intake, blood parameters, nutrients digestibility, energy utilization, and milk production

The present experiment aimed to evaluate the partial replacement of soybean with slow-release urea (Optigen 1200™) in the diet of lactating cows for 84 d. Three-hundred multiparous lactating Holstein (635 ± 25 kg of body weight, BW) cows were stratified by live body weight; parity and previous milk production were randomly assigned into two experimental groups with 150 cows per each treatment. In the control treatment, 25 g soybean meal was replaced by 5.7 g slow-release urea for 84 d. Optigen treatment did not affect feed intake, daily milk production, milk composition, or milk (feed) efficiency; however, increased (P<0.01) total BW gain and daily BW gain. Optigen treatment increased (P<0.01) the digestibility of crude protein and neutral detergent fiber. Optigen treatment increased (P<0.01) estimated N balance, milk urea-N, and net energy (NE) for gain. Without affecting blood total protein, creatinine, urea-N, triglycerides, glucose, β-hydroxybutyrate, or non-esterified free fatty acids, Optigen treatment increased the concentrations of blood albumin and cholesterol compared to the control (P<0.05). In conclusion, slow-release urea could replace soybean meal in ruminant diets with no adverse effects on feed intake, nitrogen utilization, or digestibility; however, improve the total tract digestibility of fiber and crude protein in cows.

Effect of Slow-Release Urea Administration on Production Performance, Health Status, Diet Digestibility, and Environmental Sustainability in Lactating Dairy Cows

The effects of partially replacing soybean meal (SBM) with a slow-release urea source (SRU) on production performance, feed efficiency, digestibility, and environmental sustainability of dairy cows were evaluated. A total of 140 lactating Holstein Frisian cows were allocated into two study groups: (i) control (diet entirely based on SBM), and (ii) treatment (diet of 0.22% on dry matter basis (d.m.)) of SRU. Milk yield, dry matter intake (DMI), feed conversion rate (FCR), body condition score (BCS), reproductive parameters, and milk quality were evaluated. The chemical composition of the feeds and feces were analyzed to calculate the in vivo digestibility of the two diets. The carbon footprint (CFP) and predicted methane (CH4) emissions were evaluated. The inclusion of SRU significantly increases milk yield, DMI, and FCR (p < 0.0001), whereas milk quality, BCS, and reproductive indicators were not affected (p > 0.05). In the treatment group, the digestibility of crude protein (CP) (p = 0.012), NDF (p = 0.039), and cellulose (p = 0.033) was significantly higher, while the other nutritional parameters weren’t affected. All the environmental parameters were significantly improved in the treatment group (p < 0.0001). Replacing SBM with SRU can be a strategy to enhance dairy cows’ sustainability due to improved production efficiency, reduced feed CFP, and predicted CH4 production.