Kegiatan penelitian dilaksanakan di Kebun Sei Sagu, Riau pada tanggal 5 Februari 2018 hingga 4 Juni 2018. Pemupukan perlu dikelola dengan baik untuk mencapai efektivitas dan efisiensi. Pengamatan dilakukan terhadap manajemen pemupukan meliputi kaidah 6T (tepat jenis, tepat dosis, tepat waktu, tepat cara, tepat tempat, dan tepat alat), kehilangan pupuk (losses), dan prestasi kerja penabur. Hasil pengamatan menunjukkan manajemen pemupukan di Kebun Sei Sagu telah dilaksanakan dengan baik sesuai dengan standar perusahaan. Ketepatan dosis pada pemupukan mekanis diamati dari hasil uji paper trap dan ketepatan jenis dibuktikan melalui uji hara menggunakan perangkat uji pupuk. Rata-rata persentase ketepatan menurut kaidah 6 T ialah lebih dari 90%. Tenaga penabur yang digunakan memiliki prestasi kerja dengan rata-rata prestasi kerja melebihi standar yaitu 4.58 ha HK-1 atau 491.07 kg HK-1. Jumlah kehilangan pupuk pada pemupukan manual dan mekanis sangat kecil dan dianggap tidak merugikan perusahaan, yaitu sebesar 0.14% pada pemupukan manual dan 0.09% pada pemupukan mekanis.
Planting cover crop or biomulch as one of land conservation methods could be applied to increase the availability of groundwater. Asystasia gangetica is a plant that has the potential as biomulch on mature oil palm plantations. This research aimed to determine the roles of A. gangetica increasing water availability by improving the infiltration rate. The research was conducted on Cikabayan Experimental Field IPB from August 2020 to January 2021. The treatments were types of biomulch consisting of without biomulch, A. gangetica, Ageratum conyzoides, Borreria alata, and Arachis pintoi which were arranged using a randomized block design with five replications. The biomulches were planted on plots 5 m x 2 m. The results showed that A. gangetica had the best growth and was able to cover the soil faster than other biomulches. A. gangetica could increase the infiltration rate by 42% compared to without biomulch treatment with infiltration capacity of 20.42 cm per hour at 20 weeks after planting (WAP). Keywords: cover crop, land conservation, water availability
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