Effect of Sea Mud Towards The Growth and Productivy of Several Varieties of Shallotin Peat Land

Azri ,Wahyu Ari Nugroho,Muhammad Hatta

doi:10.20527/jwem.v4i2.46

Abstract

ABSTRACT Shallot cultivation in peat land was constrained by the high production costs, especially fertilizer and lime costs (Abdullah, 2011). Therefore, improvement of shallot productivity in peat land was to use local resources so that the production costs would be reduced. Potential material to be used for that purpose was sea mud which abundantly available in West Kalimantan. The productivity of several shallot varieties in peat land had not reached their production potential. The research used Randomized Block Design (RBD) with the treatment of sea mud consisted of without the treatment of sea mud (L0) and with the treatment of sea mud (L1) and several shallot varieties such as Bima Variety (V1), Manjung Variety (V2) and Sumenep Variety (V3). The research result showed that the treatment of sea mud and varieties of shallot differed significantly in improving the growth and production of shallot. Bima, Manjung and Sumenep each produced 14.73 ton/ha, 12.84 ton/ha and 9.22 ton/ha respectively. Based on profit value and B/C ratio value, the utilization of sea mud in peat land was economically feasible to be applied by farmers in West Kalimantan.

Highlights

Shallot commodity in West Kalimantan is relatively less developed, and that is true in peat land
Varieties of shallot that have been test-adapted in peat land still have that is true not achieved their production potential
Research Design We used Randomized Block Design (RBD) in factorial pattern that consisted of 2 factors: (i) sea mud and (ii) varieties of shallot

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Introduction

Shallot commodity in West Kalimantan is relatively less developed, and that is true in peat land. Varieties of shallot that have been test-adapted in peat land still have that is true not achieved their production potential. The test-adaptation of Sembrani variety in peat land in the village of Kereng Bengkirai, Sabangau County, Palangka Raya Municipality, Central Kalimantan produced 18.7 ton of wet tuber per hectare which was still below the production potential of 23 ton/ha in fertile land (Puslitbang Hortikultura, 2014). This was far below the potential result of 18 ton/ha recommended by the Vegetable Research Institute. Other researches have suggested that nutrient elements such as K, S, Zn and Cu are very low in peat land (Masud et al, (2011; Abat et al (2012)

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