Siong is one of the economical valuable crops that grown in North Basse Sangtempe, Luwu. This plant grows wildly around the society. However, many farmers do not understand the economic potential of this plant due to low knowledge of farmer on proper cultivation techniques and post harvest handling of siong plant. The products produced of siong plant are black cincau and the siong tea that will be focus of IbM activities program that conducted in the village of Bonglo and Tede. The IbM activities conducted through the input of cultivation technology and post harvest, can improve the quality of siong plant production and certainly increase the farmers income. In addition, this knowledge can be transferred to other farmers so it can help them in developing siong plants into plants that can be cultivated intensively in North Basse Sangtempe not only in the village of Bonglo and Tede. The team provides solutions that implemented in the IbM program including: knowledge on how to seed, how to plant until how to harvest and post harvest of siong plant. High fiber content of siong plant provides a lot of benefits for the health of body adequate intake for dietary fiber to mantain health.

Cendawan rhizosfer dan endofit merupakan jenis mikroba fungsional yang mampu memproduksi metabolit sekunder yang dapat memengaruhi pertumbuhan tanaman baik secara langsung atau tidak langsung. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengisolasi dan menguji kemampuan cendawan rhizosfer dan endofit asal tanaman kelor terhadap viabilitas dan vigor kecambah benih padi. Eksplorasi cendawan dilakukan terhadap sampel tanah di bagian rhizosfer serta jaringan batang dan daun tanaman kelor sehat. Isolasi cendawan dari tanah bagian rhizosfer dilakukan dengan teknik pengenceran 10-2 dan 10-3, sedangkan cendawan endofit dilakukan pada jaringan daun dan batang tanamn kelor, kemudian dibiakkan pada media medium potato dextrose agar (PDA). Uji patogenisitas cendawan dan pengaruhnya terhadap perkecambahan benih padi secara in-vitro dengan metode blotter test, yaitu dengan cara menumbuhkan benih padi sebanyak 25 butir pada isolat cendawan berumur 7 hari. Sebanyak sembilan belas isolat cendawan berhasil diisolasi dan dikoleksi dari berbagai bagian tanaman kelor. Pengamatan patogenisitas menunjukkan terdapat lima isolat cendawan yang berpotensi sebagai patogen, yaitu isolat RF2, RF5, RF6, RF8, dan EDF6. Sebanyak empat isolat cendawan yang telah diuji konsisten memberikan pengaruh positif terhadap viabilitas dan vigor benih benih dengan nilai ≥90% yaitu isolate RF4, EDF1, EDF2, dan EDFbt3