Potensi Jamur Mikoriza Arbuskular Unggul Dalam Peningkatan Pertumbuhan Dan Kesehatan Bibit Tebu (Saccharum officinarum L.)

Abstract

Sugar cane is one of the important commodities to the national economy and plays a major role in promoting regional development and agro-industries. Indonesia has projected to increase self-sufficiency in sugar cane production, so it must be done. Mycorrhizae which is a form of a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between fungi and plant roots have a high level of ability to improve absorption of nutrients and water that is not available to plants, as well as serve to enhance the resilience of crops against drought, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) can accelerate growth rate, improve the quality and seed power life and can be utilized to increase productivity growth critical land. The research was conducted with observation and identification of AMF types is the most dominant on all isolates were obtained, the multiplication of starter inokulum VAM, and inoculation on the seedling of sugarcane. The results showed that AMF were collected from various locations, retrieved 6 genus VAM, namely: Glomus, Scutellospora, Acaulospora, Gigaspora, Entrophospora, and Sclerocystis. Infectivity test resulted using PS 862 sugarcane clones showed that isolates PKP, MS, KLT, and BTG have the highest infectivity and can be used as a biofertilizer. AMF to sugarcane seedlings reduced the intensity of orange rust disease; main diseases in sugar cane seedlings, it means AMF is potential as biological control.