Growth and yields of shallot (allium cepa l.) as responses to the combination of inorganic and organic fertilizers enriched with functional microbes

Abstract

The use of inorganic fertilizers combined organic fertilizer is commonly applied by farmers to increase shallot production. Research was conducted to determine the proper dosage of organic fertilizer which can reduce the use of inorganic fertilizer. The research was conducted at Tawangargo Village, Karangploso district, Malang. The fertilizers were organic fertilizers, enriched with N-fixing bacteria and P solvent bacteria. The research used RCBD where the treatments were combinations of organic and inorganic fertilizers. The dose of organic fertilizer enriched functional microbes was set at 2 t/ha, while the dose for inorganic fertilizer is a combination of 600 kg/ha NPK+200 kg/ha SP36+400 ZA+100 kg/ha ZK. As comparison, farmers applied organic fertilizer from cow manure and without fertilization as control. The results showed that standard dose 100% inorganic fertilizer (1,300 kg/ha) + 100% standard dose (2,000 kg/ha) microbial-enriched organic fertilizer increased RAE 2% that produced 12.50 t/ha dry shallots in comparison with the farmer control. By dose of 2 t/ha of organic fertilizer enriched with functional microbes, the results will be equivalent to local organic fertilizer of 10,000 kg/ha and it is more effective than local organic fertilizers from cow manure.