AGRIVITA, Journal of Agricultural Science
Vol 44, No 3 (2022)

Organics Acids from Cocoa Pod Waste Inoculated by Basidiomycota Fungi to Enhance the Performance of Shallots

Iradhatullah Rahim (Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare)
Harsani Harsani (Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Pangkajene Kepulauan)
Hakzah Hakzah (Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare)
Selis Meriem (Alauddin Islamic State University, Makassar, Indonesia)
Elkheir Hassaballah Abdallah Ahamed (Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Nov 2022

Abstract

Excessive agricultural waste potentially causes serious pollution issues by farming practices. The potency of Basidiomycota’s fungi to degrade biomass for a safe practice might be considered to cope with this issue. This study aims to determine Basidiomycota fungi’s ability to produce organic acids after being inoculated on cocoa husks at various fermentation periods (20 and 40 days) and evaluate the effect of humic acid from those fermented cocoa husks on the growth and productivity of shallots. This research is carried out in three stages; the first is composting process from cocoa husks. The next is the acid-base extraction of cocoa pod husk compost to produce humic and fulvic acid. And the last is the application of humic acid to shallot plants. The results show that composting for 40 days produced higher levels of humic and fulvic acids. Inoculation with Coprinus sp produced the highest levels of humic acid but is not different with Pleurotus sp. Applying 100 ml/l of humic acid to shallots shows the best growth, while the concentration of 400 ml/l has the best production. This study presents the potential practice of cocoa pod residue and Basidiomycota fungi to increase agricultural commodities’ productivity agents.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

AGRIVITA

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

AGRIVITA Journal of Agricultural Science is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal published by Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Brawijaya Indonesia in collaboration with Indonesian Agronomy Association (PERAGI). The aims of the journal are to publish and disseminate high quality, original research ...