Institusion
Universitas Sriwijaya
Author
NOFRIANI, OKTA
Muhakka, Muhakka
Subject
SB183-317 Field crops. Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants
Datestamp
2023-05-26 04:17:45
Abstract :
Forage feed is the main feed for ruminants that meets nutritional needs,
reproductive needs, and production without endangering livestock welfare. Currently,
to overcome the shortage oof feed, various types of animal feed have been developed,
one of which is king grass. If the availability of nutrients in the king grass is sufficient,
it will be able to increase the productivity of the king grass. One of the efforts to
increase the productivity of king grass is by giving bioboost. This study aims to
determine the effect of giving bioboost on king grass production. This research was
conducted from September to November 2022 in Kota Daro II Village, Rantau Panjang
District, Ogan Ilir Regency, South Sumatra. This study used a Randomized Group
Design (RAK) with 4 treatments and 3 replications, namely without giving bioboost
(P0), bioboost dose of 40 ml/liter of water (P1), bioboost dose of 60 ml/liter of water
(P2), and bioboost dose of 80 ml/liter of water (P3). The results showed that the
application of bioboost had no real effect on the production of fresh weight, dry matter,
and dry matter production of king grass. The average production of fresh weight ranges
from 872.22 g - 1,105.56 g. The average dry matter ranges from 18.17% - 20.44%. And
the average dry matter production ranges from 164.54 g - 219.23 g.From this study it
can be concluded that the provision of bioboost up to a dose of 80 ml/liter of water has
not been able to increase the production of fresh weight, dry matter and dry matter
production of king grass.
Keywords: Bioboost, Dry matter, Dry matter production, Fresh weight production,
King grass.