Heru Bagus Pulunggono
A Department Of Soil Science And Land Resource, Faculty Of Agriculture, IPB University, IPB Darmaga Campus, Bogor, 16680, Indonesia

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Evaluating the Effect of Fire on Cultivated Tropical Peat Properties: Lessons Learned from Observation in East Kutai Peatlands: The effect of fire on cultivated tropical peat properties Heru Bagus Pulunggono; Moh Zulfajrin; Nabila Hanifah; Lina Lathifah Nurazizah
CELEBES Agricultural Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): CELEBES Agricultural
Publisher : Faculty of Agriculture, Tompotika Luwuk University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (1667.499 KB) | DOI: 10.52045/jca.v3i1.351

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Fire and its associated impact highly affect peatland, particularly the peat properties, the plant cultivated above it, and its surrounding environment. Despite much research focused on fire monitoring or susceptibility assessments, peat consumption during fire occurrence, emissions from burned peat, and rehabilitation or restoration of burned peat, little attention is given to studying the changes of peat bio-physicochemical after burning. This small-scale study aims to examine the fire’ effect on the upper 30 cm of peat’s bio-physicochemical properties two months after being burned, using unburned peat as a reference. The result of this study indicated that fire-affected peat at all of our sampling depths. The impacted changes on peat chemical variables were varied. This study also found that sampling methods, fire magnitude and severity, peat physicochemical properties, laboratory determination, and statistical analyses were paramount in examining the fire effect on peat properties. This study also promotes the combination approach that represents both local and global phenomena to analyze and interpret the change of burned peat properties from its initial unburned state. More efforts are required to verify the initial results reported in this study and to gain in-depth information concerning the intricate relationships of organic materials, climate, hydrology, and vegetation across spatial and temporal scales in cultivated tropical peat as affected by fire events.
Identifying the Underlying Factors and Variables Governing Macronutrients in Cultivated Tropical Peatland Using Regression Tree Approach: Using Tree Regression Approach to Determine the Factors Influencing Total N, P, and K in Cultivated Tropical Peat Heru Bagus Pulunggono; Yusuf Azmi Madani; Moh Zulfajrin; Yusrizal
CELEBES Agricultural Vol. 3 No. 1 (2022): CELEBES Agricultural
Publisher : Faculty of Agriculture, Tompotika Luwuk University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (1483.433 KB) | DOI: 10.52045/jca.v3i1.353

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The capability of machine learning/ML algorithms to analyze the effect of human and environmental factors and variables in controlling soil nutrients has been profoundly studied over the last decades. Unfortunately, ML utilization to estimate macronutrients and their governing factors in cultivated tropical peat soil are extremely scarce. In this study, we trained regression tree/RT, ML-based pedotransfer models to predict total N, P, and K in peat soils based on oil palm/OP and OP+bush datasets. Our results indicated that the dataset might contain outliers, non-linear relationships, and heteroscedasticity, allowing RT-based models to perform better compared to multiple linear regression/MLR models (as a benchmark) in estimating total N and P in both datasets, contrastingly, not in K. The difference of important variables in each RT-based model partially showed the vital role of land use in nutrient modeling in peat. The depth of sample collection, organic C, and ash content became the prominent factor and variables in regulating the entire predicted nutrients. Meanwhile, the distance from the oil palm tree and pH were the salient features of total P prediction models in OP and OP+bush sites, respectively. This study proposed employing ML-based pedotransfer models in analyzing and interpreting complex tropical peat data as an alternative to linear-based regression. Our initial study also shed more light on the development possibility of the pedotransfer models that agricultural practician, researchers, companies, and farmers can use to predict macronutrients, both in tabular and spatial terms, in cultivated tropical peatlands
Factors Governing Organic Amendments and NPK Fertilizers Effects on Sweet Maize in Old and Intensively Cultivated Experimental Farm Heru Bagus Pulunggono; Moh Zulfajrin; Lina Lathifah Nurazizah
CELEBES Agricultural Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): CELEBES Agricultural
Publisher : Faculty of Agriculture, Tompotika Luwuk University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52045/jca.v3i2.552

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Applying organic amendment (OA) containing humic compounds (HC) and phytohormones is a promising solution to intensify sustainable food production under increasing global food needs, declining environmental carrying capacity and changing climate. However, most positive claims on OA efficacy often came from controlled, greenhouse experiments. The field trial was conducted on an intensively cultivated experimental farm station, Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University. The OA testing was done on sweet maize (Zea mays L. saccharata) using a fractional factorial randomized block design by comparing five rates of the organic amendment (0, ½, 1, 1½, and 2 standards OA) with three rates of NPK fertilizer (0, 1, and ¾ standards NPK). The results revealed that a single OA application did not significantly boost the growth and biomass of sweet maize, especially when applied to an old and intensively cultivate and organically manured farm. OA had significant interaction with NPK at most of the yields and biomass parameters. Amending soils more than 12 L OA ha-1 could improve the sweet maize’s growth and development while saving 25% NPK fertilizers. Linear mixed effect model and multivariate analysis uncovered higher heterogeneity in trial plots controlled maize growth, biomass, and agronomic effectivity, regardless of the given treatments. This study highlighted three important marks for future research: (1) soil plowing, harrowing and mixing must be intensively done across plots, (2) adequate HC contents must be increased from the OA current rate, and (3) the greater role of phytohormone in stimulating maize growth and production at the OA current rate.
Comparative Analysis of Soil Fertility in Sandy Soils along a Toposequence Transect in Sandai, West Kalimantan Pulunggono, Heru Bagus; Pratiwi, Dea; Zulfajrin, Moh; Nurazizah, Lina Latifah; Chahyahusna, Affan; Iskandar
CELEBES Agricultural Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024): CELEBES Agricultural
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52045/jca.v5i1.779

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Addressing food crises and land degradation potential requires multisteps agricultural development, including soil fertility assessment. This study evaluates sandy soil fertility status along a toposequence transect in Sandai District, Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan. Seven observation points (TP1, TP2, TP3, TK1, TK2, TK3, and TK4) were established, with soil samples collected from depths of 0-30 cm and 30-60 cm. Soil fertility assessment was conducted using three criteria: Five Major Soil Chemical Properties (FMSCP), Basic Cation Saturation Ratio (BCSR), and Sufficiency Level of Available Nutrients (SLAN). The FMSCP method exhibited low to very low fertility statuses, while the BCSR and SLAN methods revealed significant variations in soil fertility, ranging from deficient to excessive. Both the BCSR and SLAN methods demonstrated strong relationships with soil parent material and slope gradient, as evaluated through a multivariate approach. The BCSR method indicated deficient to balanced status at all profile points, whereas dominant balanced to excessive statuses were observed at all fertility points. The SLAN national criteria predominantly indicated deficient status for calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and potassium (K), while the international criteria identified K deficiency only. This study served as forums to discuss fertility assessment in tropical soils. Also, recommends the potential for implementing the FMSCP criteria-based soil fertility assessment method for tropical Indonesian sandy soils and consider the involvement of balancing ratios in a more comprehensive soil fertility evaluation approach.
Quantifying Nutrient Ratios as Soil Fertility and Health Indicators across a Hydrosequence Transect in North Musi Rawas, South Sumatra Pulunggono, Heru Bagus; Adiani, Ditta Rahma; Nurazizah, Lina Latifah; Chahyahusna, Affan; Iskandar
CELEBES Agricultural Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024): CELEBES Agricultural
Publisher : Faculty of Agriculture, Tompotika Luwuk University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52045/jca.v5i1.795

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Since the modern soil assessment focus is currently moving towards “soil health”, it is important to align the Basic Cation Saturation Ratio/BCSR of soil fertility evaluation with this term, yet no research conducted its application in tandem with CNP stoichiometries, nor vice versa. This study evaluated soil nutrient ratios across a hydrosequence transect in North Musi Rawas Regency, the lowland area of eastern Sumatra using Basic Cation Saturation Ratio/BCSR and CNP stoichiometries as potential soil health indicators. By integrating international and national/Indonesian BCSR framework and globally recognized CNP stoichiometry criteria, this study found that all soils experienced cation deficiencies, particularly in the upper soil depth (0–30 cm), alongside low phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) availabilities and their imbalances with C and N in deeper layers (30–60 cm). Cation ratios were observed to decline closer to the Merang River but increased with sampling depth. Additionally, wetter, gleyed soils exhibited greater cation imbalances while maintaining relatively balanced CNP stoichiometries. This study proposes an integrated multi-proxy approach combining BCSR and CNP stoichiometries as a cost-effective method for assessing soil fertility and health by addressing nutrient imbalances.