PERLUNY A EVALUASI KINERJA PARASITOID PADA HAMA DAUN KELAPA : BRONTISPA LONGISSIMA GESTRO (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE) DI KABUPATEN ENDE-FLORES

Brontispa longissima Gestro (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is ones of the most important pest who attack of many family palms in South East Asia. In Indonesia, Brontispa longissima has. becomes a primer pest on coconut. It was Decreasing yield result up to 30 - 40 % returns and 5% of the attacked crops will die. Ones of the failed reason of control action is a low preventive system on every territory entrance, otherwise, coconut was a needful and fast-moving commodity for people and industry. The second reason is secondary commodity assumes and low cropping system caused pest and disease uncontrolled. Three bio-control usages on-field need to monitored caused farmers incapable. The success indicator for parasitoid release was quick and easy to adapt for the parasitoid. It was related " three-generation three years," theory by Ev Clausen, the expert of integrated pest and management control from California says: a) The perfectly of Effective parasitoid/predator always quick and easy to adapt, b) The failed parasitoid/predator to adapt easily and quickly was an ineffective indicator for bio-control, c) Parasitoid release or exotic predator could be stopped for 3 years if no evidence adapt on fields. According to the experts, the key for the success of system controlling above depends on cropping agroecosystem stability.

Yield Evaluation of Nutrient-rich Potato Clones in High Hill of Nepal

A study was conducted to evaluate the yield of nutrient-rich potato clones in high-hill districts: Dolakha and Jumla of Nepal during the years 2013 and 2014, respectively. Fourteen potato clones were tested as on-station and on-farm experiments at both districts, and those fourteen clones were compared to ‘Lady Rosita’ and ‘Jumli Local’ respectively as the check varieties in the first year experiment, 2013. Eight promising clones were selected from the first year experiment, and were evaluated and compared with same local varieties in the consecutive year, 2014. Two clones namely; CIP 395112.32 (19.3 tha-1) and CIP 393073.179 (17.8 tha-1) exhibited superior marketable tuber yield than that of ‘Lady Rosita’(14.2 tha-1) in Dolakha and five CIP clones namely; 395112.32 (25.5 tha-1), 393073.179 (22.5 tha-1), 394611.112 (20.9 tha-1), 390478.9 (19.9 tha-1) and 395017.229 (17.0 tha-1) showed higher marketable tuber yield than ‘Jumli Local’(14.5 tha-1). Based on two years’ phenotypic and tuber yield result, clones CIP 395112.32 and CIP 393073.179 are recommended to potato growers at high hills of Nepal for commercial cultivation.Journal of Nepal Agricultural Research Council Vol.3 2017: 6-14

Identifikasi Plasma Nutfah Kedelai Berumur Genjah dan Berdaya Hasil Tinggi

<p>Identification of Early Maturing and High Yielding Soybean Germplasm. Preference to early maturing soybeans is higher than the late ones, since early maturing soybean can improve planting index and able to escape from fail of harvest due to drought stress. To identify accessions of soybean germplasm which will be used as gene resources in developing of early maturing and high yielding varieties, a numbers of 203 soybean germplasm accessions were evaluated at Jambegede Research Station on dry season 2006. Observation primarily conducted on physiological maturity and flowering date. Beside, observation also conducted on plant height, number of branches, 100 seeds weight and seed yield. Result showed that accession of MLGG 0751 and MLGG 0753 identified having early maturity (70 days). The early maturing accessions had lower yield than the late maturing ones. There was no accession having both of early maturing and high yielding traits. Accessions of MLGG 0751 and MLGG 0753 can be used as gene resources in developing of early maturing varieties.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p>Preferensi terhadap kedelai berumur genjah lebih tinggi daripada berumur dalam karena kedelai berumur genjah dapat meningkatkan indeks pertanaman dan dapat menghindari kegagalan panen akibat cekaman kekeringan. Untuk mengidentifikasi aksesi plasma nutfah yang akan digunakan sebagai sumber gen dalam perakitan varietas kedelai berumur genjah dan berdaya hasil tinggi, sebanyak 203 aksesi plasma nutfah kedelai dievaluasi di Kebun Percobaan Jambegede pada musim kemarau 2006. Pengamatan terutama dilakukan terhadap umur masak fisiologis dan umur berbunga. Pengamatan juga dilakukan terhadap tinggi tanaman, jumlah cabang, bobot 100 biji, dan hasil biji tanaman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa aksesi MLGG 0751 dan MLGG 0753 teridentifikasi berumur genjah (70 hari). Aksesi berumur genjah memiliki hasil biji lebih rendah daripada aksesi berumur dalam. Tidak diperoleh aksesi kedelai berumur genjah yang sekaligus berdaya hasil tinggi. Aksesi MLGG 0751 dan MLGG 0753 dapat digunakan sebagai sumber gen dalam perakitan varietas kedelai berumur genjah.</p>

Use of Fertilizers and Lime for Enhancing Productivity of Maize Genotypes in Western Hill of Nepal

Farmers' field experiment was conducted at Outreach sites in Tanahun and Palpa districts of Western Nepal with the objectives of evaluating the effects of fertilizers and agricultural lime on grain production of the local and improved (Manakamana-1) maize varieties during summer season of year 2003 and 2004. Farmer's practice (without fertilizers) and with fertilizer 60: 30: 30 kg (N: P2O5: K2O) per hectare with or without agricultural lime (4 t ha-1), were the treatments in experimental study that was conducted in factorial RCB design with four farmers as replications. The results revealed that response of fertilizers and agricultural lime was observed significant plant growth and kernels production including varieties in both sites of Palpa and Tanahun districts. The highest grain yield of 5.1 t ha-1 was produced by the local variety when the crop was supplied with 60:30:30 kg N, P2O5 and K2O ha-1 along with 4 t ha-1 of agricultural lime in Tanahun. Manakamana-1 variety produced the maximum grain yield (4.45 t ha-1) with the same level of fertilization. The two district mean grain yield result indicated that the highest grain yield of 3.9 t ha-1 was produced when the crop was supplied with 60: 30: 30 kg N, P2O5 and K2O ha-1 with agri-lime. Hence it is suggested that to increase maize productivity in the hills irrespective of the maize variety application of fertilizers (60: 30: 30) with agricultural lime (4 t ha-1) is needed.Nepal Agric. Res. J. Vol. 8, 2007, pp. 42-49DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/narj.v8i0.11578

PEMANFAATAN LIMBAH KULIT DURIAN (Durio zibethinus) DAN KULIT CEMPEDAK (Artocarpus integer) SEBAGAI EDIBLE FILM

Durian (Durio zibethinus) and cempedak (Artocarpus integer) peels waste are not used by the society. The research aim is to extract pectin from durian and cempedak peels and to formulate the pectin into edible films for food packaging. The research stages were first pre-treatment of durian and cempedak peels, pectin extraction, pectin drying, and pectin application as edible films with concentration of 0%, 5%, and 15%. Based on this research it was concluded that pectin can be extracted from durian and cempedak peels with yield result of 27.97 % and 55.58 %, respectively. Edible film obtained has similar characteristics between raw materials cempedak and durian peels. The higher concentration of cempedak peel pectin increased the thickness, but decreased the tensile strength and elongation at a concentration of 15%. While in edible films from durian peel pectin, the higher concentration of pectin decreased the thickness of edible film on pectin concentration of 15%, lowered tensile strength and raised the edible film elongation.Keywords: waste, durian, cempedak, pectin extraction, edible film

PENINGKATAN 'NILAI KALOR (Kal/g) KULIT DURIAN SESUDAH MENJADI BRIKET BIOARANG (Studi Pemanfaatan Sampah Kulit Ourian Sebagai Alternatif Pembuatan Briket Bioarang)

The presence of organic trash heap especially durian peels was very abundance when harvesttime. To decreasing trash from durian peels it could be used as biocharcoal briquette. The making ofbiocharcoal briquette by using starch glue addition and water as source to increasing kalor value. Thisresearch purpose to recognize how much kalor value increase in durian peel.This research as research type is Quasi Experiment Design with One Group Pre-Post TestDesign research, namely this design only using one subject group and also make measurement beforeand after provide treatment on subject.The analysis result of tapioca flour addition indicating that give different concentration on heatvalue increase in durian peels. Based on the yield result had be done state that dry durian peel obtainedas many 3863,33 kal/g. While, heat value in durian peel already processed become biocharcoal briquettewith tapioca flour addition 1% gained average result 4047,46 kallg, tapioca flour addition 2% gainedaverage result 4225,25 kal/g, and tapioca flour addition 3% gained average result 4546,11 kal/g.There improvement on heat value of dry durian peel and had already processed becomebiocharcoal briquette. The increase of heat value (kal/g) gained different result according to tapioca flouraddition and water 100 mililiter that are 1%, 2%, and 3%. Suggested that must be done further research tomake biocharcoal briquette is not only durian peel but also other organic trash heap to rise up kalor value(kal/g) and help to reduce organic trash heap then could be advantage for the people mainly durianmerchants.

Effects of soil cultivation and environmental changes on maize yield

We evaluated the relationships among soil cultivation and other agrotechnical factors (fertilization, number of plants and hybrid) within the framework of a multifactorial long-term experiment set at the Látókép Experimental Site of the Centre for Agricultural Sciences of the University of Debrecen in mid-heavy chalcareous chernozem soil based on a long-term experiment conducted for a 5-year period (2002–2006). Based on the evaluation of soil cultivation by the average of treatments, it may be assessed that spring ploughing (8.204 t ha-1) provides more favourable conditions to the stand compared to spring shallow cultivation; however, this did not result in a significant difference. Spring ploughing considerably increased the yield of hybrid FAO 300 in dry years, whereas it considerably increased the yield of hybrid FAO 400 in favourable crop years. A stand of 70 thousand stems/ha provided the higher yield result in both soil cultivation types. It was sufficient to use a fertilizer dose of 120 kg N ha-1 for economical production.

Examination of plant number and sowing date in different crop years

We examinated three agrotechnical factors in 2011, 2012 and 2013 (sowing time, nutrient factor and plant density), as well as five different effects of genotypes on the crop of corn, on brown soil in the Hajdúság. The experiment was set next to the 47 main road in Debrecen, at the 6th kilometre stone. In the present processing I would like to touch on the effects of sowing time and plant density, as I do not have the chance to present the whole experiment results here. It is true for all three years that the humidity factors differ from the long years’ average, so the genotypes had different reactions on it. According to our results we found out that the late sowing time’s result had the most successful crop yield result with 9975 kg ha-1, while examining the plant density the result of the highest plant density proved to be the best with 9967 kg ha-1. We take the critical season in corns’ life cycle process into consideration when examining the results: June, July and August months’ humidity and temperature markers. According to the results in the tested 3 months we had 227 mm humidity with 10 days, when the average temperature was over 25 °C. The same factors in 2012 were 135.5 mm humidity with 37 days of average temperatures of 25 °C and in 2013 we recorded 102.5 mm humidity with 24 of these days. Our goal is to help the farmers in the Hajdúság with the results of our sowing times, hybrid choice and plant density results.

Tc-Glutathione Complex (Tc -GSH) : Labelling, Chemical Characterization and Biodistribution in Rats

The chemical structure of T99mc -GSH has been estabilished using the T99c isotope. Labeling of glutathione with technetium in the presence of stanous chloride gave a high yield result. In a comparative study between T99c and T99mc glutathione, the Tc-GSH complex obtained was purified and characterized by uv, visible spectroscopy, HPLC, Biogel chromatography, mass and NMR spectroscopy. Stoichiometric analysis showed a 2 : 1 molar ratio of GSH/Tc for the reaction. The molecular mass assessed by mass spectroscopy was 727 Da corresponding to an oxo(bis) glutathione technetate. NMR studies demonstrated that each glutathione molecule was coordinated to technetium via cysteinyl sulfur and nitrogen atoms. The biodistribution of the complex was studied in normal rats. Blood clearance was rapid during the first hour involving a biexponential curve ( t1/2 (1) : 50 min, t1/2 (2) : 400 min ). No radioactive accumulation was found in any specific organ except kidney and bladder. All the activity excreted was found unchanged in urine. In conclusion, Tc-GSH displayed an anionic dimer form as GSH-Tc-GSH. We assume that the complex is a tetradentate (2N,2S) complex containing a pentavalent technetium coordinated by two thiol and nitrogen atoms of both GSH ligands, and an apical oxo group.

Ti/TiN Barrier Improvement for VLSI Metallization

ABSTRACTIn this study deposition temperature and post-deposition treatments, such as vacuum break, furnace anneal and RTA, were coupled together to improve Ti/TiN barrier properties. Raising substrate temperature during deposition resulted in lower sheet resistance and stresses, but worse Sheet resistance (Rs) uniformity, suggesting larger-grain growth and non-uniform silicidation. The RTA treatment appeared to be the most effective one to improve barrier integrity due to high temperature densification and oxygen rich along grain boundaries. To include contact geometry effect, the barrier processes were incorporated with hot Al on the contact level of 0.6µm SRAM. After alloying at 430°C for 45 min, the yields turned out to be similar, although the RTA treatment resulted in lower P+ contact resistance, implying more complete activation, silicidation and less dopant segregation. The result suggests that it is feasible to deposit Ti/TiN insitu with hot Al process to enhance throughput. The yield result after a second alloying set at 500°C for 30 min showed that RTA treated Ti/TiN was the only one to survive.