PENGARUH PENCAMPURAN KOTORAN TERNAK SEBAGAI MEDIA KULTUR TERHADAP PERTAMBAHAN POPULASI CACING TANAH (Lumbricus rubellus)

Abstract

This research aims to determine the effect of mixing cattle dung as a culture medium to the growing population of earthworms. The research was conducted for 42 days starting from 18 October to 28 November 2017 at the fish farming school hall of Agriculture Faculty of Islamic University Riau Pekanbaru. The worm tree used in this study was as many as 960 tail or 80 tail for each container. Worms are maintained for 42 days with different mixtures of medium, i,e, 100% P1 dung treatment, P2 cow-dung treatment 50% + 50% buffalo dung, 50% cow dung + 50% goat dung, 50% cow dung + 50% chicken droppings. The research design was Completely Randomized Design with 4 treatments and 3 replications. The result of this research showed that the increase of population of earthworm with the mixing of cattle dung as culture media which conducted for 42 days is the best treatment of P2 as much as 4266 head/container, then the second one used was in treatment 3 as much as 1855 head/container, and the lowest increase of the population was at treatment P1 as much as 403 head/container, and followed by treatment P4 as much as 575 head/ container.

The Effect of Tofu and Fermented Coconut Dregs on Body Weight Gain and Cocoon Production of African Worms (Eudrilus eugeniae)

“…Determination of 21 days is considered appropriate because each worm can produce one cocoon within 7-14 days after copulation, and juveniles will come out of the cocoon after two to three weeks if the habitat is suitable. The cocoons were recorded after 21 days of observation to avoid a reduction in the number of cocoons due to the decay process after the juveniles leave the cocoons (Putra et al, 2018). The number of cocoons in each treatment unit can be seen in Based on Figure 7, it is known that the highest amount of cocoon production was worms in growing media C (treatment 2) with a mixed media composition of the soil, fermented rice bran, and chicken manure by 50% + 50% fermented tofu dregs.…”

Produktivitas Cacing Tanah (Lumbricus rubellus) pada Media Tumbuh Berbeda

“…Selain itu, lambatnya pertambahan panjang cacing tanah (Lumbricus rubellus) menggunakan media 90% feses kambing + 10% tanah diduga disebabkan media tumbuh yang mudah memadat sehingga membatasi gerakan cacing tanah (Lumbricus rubellus) untuk mencari dan menyerap zat organik yang ada di dalam media. Media yang gembur akan memudahkan cacing tanah (Lumbricus rubellus) melakukan pergerakan, dan media yang mudah memadat akan membatasi oksigen yang dapat dimanfaatkan oleh cacing tanah [9].…”

Gelar Teknologi Pengolahan Kotoran Sapi dan Limbah Rumah Tangga Menjadi Eksmecat untuk Meningkatkan Pendapatan Masyarakat

“…Hasil penelitian ini lebih tinggi dari hasil penelitian Simandjuntan dan Waluyo (2012) satu kali bobot badan selama 24 jam; Haukka (2017) dua kali bobot badan per hari dan Mashur et al (2001). Dengan demikian, cacing tanah Lumbricus rubellus dapat digunakan sebagai pengolah kotoran sapi dan limbah rumah tangga menjadi eksmecat dengan kemampuan yang sangat tinggi (Roslim et al, 2013;Putra et al, 2018).…”