PENDAMPINGAN MASYARAKAT DALAM BUDIDAYA PORANG SECARA AGROFORESTRI SEBAGAI RINTISAN DESA ALASOMBO, SUKOHARJO SEBAGAI SENTRA PORANG

<p><strong><em>Community Assistance in Porang Cultivation in Agroforestry to Realize Alasombo as a Porang Center. </em></strong>Land conditions in Alasombo Village, Sukoharjo Regency, Central of Java potentially to be developed as a centre for porang (<em>Amorphophallus muelleri</em> Blume). The purpose of community service (PKM) is to introduce and improve skills in agroforestry cultivation of porang to realize Alasombo as a porang centre. PKM partners are ASSTI Farmer Groups and Youth Groups in Bende, Alasombo. The methods used were focus group discussion (FGD), cultivation practices, and evaluation. The activity was carried out from April to December 2020. Cultivation practices were carried out in Bende. The results of PKM activities show that 52.2% of the people know that for porang tubers have a high selling price and are very potential as an export commodity, 60.9% of the people do not know how to cultivate porang properly, 56.53% do not know that porang can be produced by agroforestry, and 95.5% people do not understand that the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil affect the growth and yield of porang. Assistance by universities is essential for the transfer of knowledge and technology to the community. Continuous assistance activities need to be carried out to make Alasombo a centre for <em>Amorphophalus</em> sp. `</p>

Potensi Suplemen Kerang Kijing (Pilsbryocomcha excilis) Sebagai Pupuk Alami Ramah Lingkungan

High input of chemical fertilizer causes land degradation on agriculture. This research is experimental which aims to analyze degree of acidity and macro-nutrients in mussel shell, and analyze chemical properties of soil before and after application of mussel shell suplement. The research was conducted during July to September 2020 at BPTP Laboratory, Narmada West Lombok. Data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that mussel shell (Pilsbryocomcha excilis) had pH and macro-nutrients potential as an ecofertilizer. Soil chemical properties increase after application of mussel shell (Pilsbryocomcha excilis) supplement. Key words: mussel; shell; soil enhancer; suplement

Influence of manure application method on gray forest soil fertility, crop yield and quality

The article presents the results of field experiments on deepening the arable horizon of gray forest medium loamy soil to increase its fertility through applying organic fertilizer under PY-3-35 layer plow to a depth of 2527 cm. Low mineralization of organic fertilizer during layer cultivation under oxygen deficiency conditions contributed to accumulation of humus in soil by 6.6 t/ha more than during conventional plowing, and by 7.5 t/ha - than during disking. It also improved water-physical and biological properties of soil: number of water-resistant aggregates increased by 4.6 and 5.3 %, soil density lowered by 0.03 and 0.04 g/cm3, number of earthworms increased by 3...6 individuals, expanded reproduction of fertility was provided, productivity of arable land increased by 7.0 and 6.7 % and crop quality increased compared to conventional plowing and disking, respectively. Deep manure incorporation extended life of organic fertilizer up to 5 years, while after conventional plowing and disking this process lasted only 2...3 years. It is not economically and environmentally beneficial, since frequent application requires a lot of fuel, and a large amount of harmful chemical compounds contained in combustion products is dumped into the environment.

Prediction of Geotechnical Properties of Soil using Artificial Intelligence Framework

The present research work is carried out to predict the geotechnical properties (consistency limits, OMC, and MDD) of soil using AI technologies, namely regression analysis (RA), support vector machine (SVM), Gaussian process regression (GPR), artificial neural networks (ANNs), and relevance vector machine (RVM). The models of machine learning (SVM, GPR), hybrid learning (RVM), and deep learning (ANNs) are constructed in MATLAB R2020a with different configurations. The models of RA are built using the Data Analysis Tool of Microsoft Excel 2019. The input parameters of AI models are gravel, sand, silt, and clay content. The correlation coefficient is calculated for pair of soil datasets. The correlation shows that sand, silt, and clay content play a vital role in predicting soil's liquid limit and plasticity index. The performance of constructed AI models is compared to determine the optimum performance models. The limited datasets of soil are used in this study. Therefore, artificial neural networks and relevance vector machines could not perform well. Based on the performance of AI models, the Gaussian process regression outperformed the RA, SVM, ANNs, and RVM AI technologies. Hence, the GPR AI approach can predict the geotechnical properties of soil by gravel, sand, silt, and clay content. The Monte-Carlo global sensitivity analysis is also performed, and it is observed that the prediction of geotechnical properties of soil is affected by sand and clay content

Impact of calcification on potato yield

By seed surfaces according to the information the Federal Bureau of Statistics and the Institute of Statistics Republic of Srpska of the total area under vegetables potatoes occupies 57% sowing area, so that after the corn and wheat, potatoes the most important agricultural plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most are lighter types of land - permeable, loose, sandy-humus and sandy-clay ground with crumb structure, rich in mineral and organic matter, with favorable water – air characteristics. Does not match his tough swampy lands with a high level of underground water. Tolerate acid soil reaction, and the optimum pH is 5,4-6,5. Given that the area of Tuzla canton mainly acid soil with pH values from 4.5 to 5.5 made the production of a sample on the plot that had a pH value of 4.6 as a material for the reparation of land or quality of calcification was Fertdolomit in order to increase in pH, after you apply Fertdolomit analysis has found that the increased pH value to 5.8. Calcification is a measure of repair of chemical properties of soil, primarily reducing its acidity, ie. bringing the pH value to the optimum level for the cultivation of certain plant species calcium use of fertilizers. At the same time, this measure of the repair water-air, mechanical, physical and biological properties of soil. Reflected in the potatoes plant in four different variants: the control, with the use of 40 t / ha of manure, the use of 40 t / ha manure and NPK 7:20:30 400 kg / ha and the use of manure 40 t / ha, NPK 7:20: 30 in the amount of 400 kg / ha with supplements Fertdolomit in the amount of 3 t / ha. The results reflected a big point to the importance of calcification in the production of potatoes.

Bisphenol A—A Dangerous Pollutant Distorting the Biological Properties of Soil

Bisphenol A (BPA), with its wide array of products and applications, is currently one of the most commonly produced chemicals in the world. A narrow pool of data on BPA–microorganism–plant interaction mechanisms has stimulated the following research, the aim of which has been to determine the response of the soil microbiome and crop plants, as well as the activity of soil enzymes exposed to BPA pressure. A range of disturbances was assessed, based on the activity of seven soil enzymes, an abundance of five groups of microorganisms, and the structural diversity of the soil microbiome. The condition of the soil was verified by determining the values of the indices: colony development (CD), ecophysiological diversity (EP), the Shannon–Weaver index, and the Simpson index, tolerance of soil enzymes, microorganisms and plants (TIBPA), biochemical soil fertility (BA21), the ratio of the mass of aerial parts to the mass of plant roots (PR), and the leaf greenness index: Soil and Plant Analysis Development (SPAD). The data brought into sharp focus the adverse effects of BPA on the abundance and ecophysiological diversity of fungi. A change in the structural composition of bacteria was noted. Bisphenol A had a more beneficial effect on the Proteobacteria than on bacteria from the phyla Actinobacteria or Bacteroidetes. The microbiome of the soil exposed to BPA was numerously represented by bacteria from the genus Sphingomonas. In this object pool, the highest fungal OTU richness was achieved by the genus Penicillium, a representative of the phylum Ascomycota. A dose of 1000 mg BPA kg−1 d.m. of soil depressed the activity of dehydrogenases, urease, acid phosphatase and β-glucosidase, while increasing that of alkaline phosphatase and arylsulfatase. Spring oilseed rape and maize responded significantly negatively to the soil contamination with BPA.