Aphelenchoides besseyi is a seed borne nematode caused white tip disease. Infested rice seeds are beneficial inoculum source forA. besseyi widespread. The objective of this research was to determine the occurence and development of symptom level caused by A. besseyi in rice seed varieties. The research was done by detecting A. besseyi in rice seed using Hoshino and Togashi method and counting the nematode population in the seed; observing the incubation time and measuring disease incidence every week. The result revealed that A. besseyi was found in 16 of 17 varieties, i.e. R1 IR64, R2 IR64, R3 IR64, R1 Situbagendit, R2 Situbagendit, Inpari 33, R1 Memberamo, R2 Memberamo, R3 Memberamo, R1 Way Apo Buru, R2 Way Apo Buru, Mekongga, Pepe, Ketan, Sintanur, and Ciherang.A. besseyi infection increased every week in many varieties depend on quantitative (statistics) and qualitative (symptom) indicators. There were 4 varieties have to be investigate further because they were infested by A. besseyi>30 nematodes/100 seeds, i.e. R1 Way Apo Buru, R1 Situbagendit, Ketan and R3 IR 64. A practice that is also required is the elimination of A. besseyi inoculum in rice seed before cultivate.

This study aims to determine the effect of Work-Life Balance on Organizational Commitment and its Implications for Job Satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of work-life balance on job satisfaction mediated by organizational commitment by conducting a study on production employees I PT. Batu Karang in Malang. The population in this study were production employees of PT Batu Karang in Malang. The sampling technique in this study used "nonprobability sampling", and the sampling method in this study was "total sampling". Respondents in this study were 66 people. Data were processed through SPSS for Window software and Smart Partial Least Square (SmartPLS).The results showed that work-life balance has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction. Organizational commitment affects job satisfaction. Work-life balance has a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment. Work-life balance has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction mediated by organizational commitment of production employees I PT. Batu Karang in Malang.