Growth and production of three wetland rice varieties on saline leached land with microbial consortium application

Abstract

The study for investigate the level production and growth for several varieties of paddy rice on washed saline land with microbial consortium treatment. The environmental design used factorial Randomized Group Design. The microbial consortium application (no microbial application, microbial application A, microbial application B, microbial application C), while the second factor of paddy rice varieties (Pokkali, Biosalin 2 Agritan, IR 29) and repeated three times. The data obtained were analyzed with the F test. If significantly different, then further test was conducted using DMRT 5%. The results showed that bleaching using fresh water decreased the value of electrical conductivity. The interaction between the treatment of the type of microbial consortium and the variety of paddy rice did not affect all observed variables, but the application of the type of microbial consortium independently differed between treatments on the growth component, namely the variable plant height and the best yield shown by Pokkali, while the production component had no effect. The treatment of the type of paddy rice varieties differed between treatments on both growth and production components and the best was Biosalin 2 Agritan of 5.80 tons.ha−1, IR 29 4.37 tons.ha−1, and Pokkali 2.96 tons.ha−1.