Open AccessLight Intensity and Biofertilizers Effect on Natural Indigo Production and Nutrient Uptake of Indigofera tinctoria L.
Author(s) -
Desy Setyaningrum,
Maria Theresia Sri Budiastuti,
Bambang Pujiasmanto,
Djoko Purnomo,
Supriyono Supriyono
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of agricultural research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.241
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0976-058X
pISSN - 0367-8245
DOI - 10.18805/ijare.a-507
Subject(s) - biofertilizer , indigo , light intensity , randomized block design , nutrient , biomass (ecology) , inoculation , horticulture , dry weight , rhizobium , biology , agronomy , botany , chemistry , veterinary medicine , ecology , medicine , art , physics , optics , visual arts
This research investigated the effect of light intensity and biofertilizer on the yield, which includes the production of indigo compounds and plant nutrient uptake. The study used a randomized complete block design with a split plot design with 4 levels of light intensity as the main plots and 4 levels of biofertilizer as a sub plots with 3 replications. The combination of light intensity and biofertilizer affects fresh weight, biomass and tissue nitrogen. The highest fresh weight and biomass was found at 100% light intensity with double inoculation of mycorrhizae and rhizobium. Whereas the highest tissue nitrogen was at 10% light intensity with double inoculation of mycorrhizae and rhizobium. The production of indigo affected by light intensity, ie at 10% light intensity indicates the highest indigo. Mycorrhizae and rhizobium have a synergistic relationship as biofertilizer in increasing plant yields and nutrient uptakes in 100% light intensity.