Pemanfaatan Tithonia Diversifolia pada Tanah Sawah yang Dipupuk P Secara Starter terhadap Produksi serta Serapan Hara N, P, dan K Tanaman Padi

. Gusnidar (Jurusan Ilmu Tanah Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Andalas, Kampus Limau Manis Padang 25163, Sumatera Barat.)
Teguh Budi Prasetyo (Jurusan Ilmu Tanah Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Andalas, Kampus Limau Manis Padang 25163, Sumatera Barat.)

Journal of Tropical Soils
Vol 13, No 3: September 2008

The research of Tithonia diversifolia utilization in the paddy soil that was fertilized P-starter on yield and N, P, K uptake on rice crop, has been conducted from August to December 2005.  The objective of this research was to determine interaction between P-starter levels, and tithonia levels on production and N, P, K element uptake of rice crop. The research was pot experiment in the green house in factorial design 4 x 4.  First factor was 4 levels of tithonia with reduce dosage fertilizer aplied (T0 = 0 t tithonia + 200 kgUrea ha-1 + 75 kg KCl ha-1; T1= 2,5 t tithonia ha-1 + 150 kg Urea ha-1, without KCl; T2 = 5,0 t tithonia ha-1 + 100 kg Urea ha-1, without KCl; dan T3 = 7,5 t tithonia ha-1 + 50 kg Urea ha-1, without KCl).  The second factor was 4 levels of P-starter (0, 2, 4, and 6 kg P ha-1).  The result showed that combination T3 treatment and 2-4 kg P-starter ha-1 increased the grain yield 20,51-21,08 g pot-1 (18,65-19,21%). Effect of T3 treatment was not significant with T2 treatment on the grain yield.  The best interaction was T3 treatment on N and K uptake ((0,84 g pot-1 for N, dan 0,82 g pot-1 for K).