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Abstract
Onion is a vegetable crop with high economic value, but its productivity in Indonesia is still
relatively low. One of the causes is fusarium wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp
cepae. Biological controls can be applied using PGPR and Mycorrhizae. The research was
conducted from January to August 2015, with the purpose of understanding the interaction
between PGPR and Mycorrhizal fungi inoculation against fusarium wilt intensity as well as the
growth and yield of onions. It consisted of in-vitro and in-vivo researchs. In in-vitro research, the
experiement started with the isolation of F. oxysporum f.sp cepae and PGPR, followed by the
tests of PGPR inhibition ability, phosphate solvent and HCN compound productivity. The
method used in the field was a completely randomized design (CRD) with two factors: PGPR (3
isolates) and two species of Mycorrhizae. The results showed that (1) the application of the
combined treatment of PGPR and Mycorrhizae had no significant effect on the intensity of
Fusarium wilt disease, incubation period of the pathogen, diameter of bulb, dry weight of plant
and number of leaves in the observation at week 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7; (2) there was interaction
between the third isolate of PGPR and Mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora towards the number of
leaves in the observation week 4 and wet weight of bulbs per hill, and it had a very significant
effect on the number of bulbs; 3) the application of PGPR as the single factor had a significant
effect on the inhibition ability of PGPR, number of leaves in the observation at week 4, 5, 6 and
7, number of bulbs, dry weight of plant and intensity of the disease; 4) the application of
mycorrhizae as the single factor had a very significant effect on the number of bulbs.
Keywords: Gigaspora, Glomus, mycorrhizae, onion, PGPR |
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