Innovation of microorganism technology and utilization of waste of coconut water for Spur growth of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L)

Ririen Prihandarini and Ellik Murni
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Ririen Prihandarini: Faculty of Agriculture, University Widya Gama, Malang, Indonesia
Ellik Murni: Faculty of Agriculture, University Widya Gama, Malang, Indonesia

Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, 2018, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L) is a vegetable consumed in fresh condition. Fertilizer will affect the formation of lettuce leaves. Microorganism technology by utilizing Lactobacillus bulgaricus bacteria, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Streptococcus thermophiles as well as mixed microorganisms in R1M and waste of coconut water can be used as organic fertilizer which helps in the supply of nutrients for plant growth. Organic fertilization of lettuce will produce healthy vegetable. The research was conducted to find nitrogen content of fertilizer from coconut wastewater with microbial L. bulgaricus, L. acidophilus and S. thermophilus. The study was prepared based on a Completely Randomized Design with a single factor treatment. The treatments are P1: ZA 1.8 g/polybag Fertilizer, P2: Liquid Wastewater Fermented coconut water 250 ml/lt. water, P3: Fertilizer liquid wastewater of coconut water 500 ml/lt. water, P4: Fertilizer liquid wastewater of 250 ml fermented coconut/lt. water and R1M solution 10 ml/lt. water and P5: Liquid wastewater of fermented coconut water 500 ml/lt. of water and R1M solution 10 ml/lt. water. Each treatment was repeated as many as 3 replications. The growth observations included leaf area, wet weight, and dry weight of lettuce plant. The results showed that Inorganic fertilizer treatment and treatment of coconut wastewater fertilizer fertilized by L. bulgaricus, L. acidophilus, and S. thermophilus have no significant effect on leaf area formation, wet weight, and dry weight of lettuce plant. Coconut wastewater fertilizer is fermented by L. bulgaricus, L. acidophilus, and S. thermophilus concentration of 250 ml/lt. of water able to spur the growth of lettuce plant.

Keywords: Microorganism; Organic farming; Lettuce (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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