Exploration of Mahogany and Cocoa Rhizosphere Fungi as Agroforestry Land Cover in Herlang District, Bulukumba Regency Bau Mirta, Tutik Kuswinanti and Burhanuddin Rasyid
Agricultural Systems Study Program, Graduate School, Hasanuddin University
Abstract
Abstract. Herlang District has an agricultural cultivation area of 6,160.10 Ha and consists of various land management systems, such as paddy fields, not paddy fields (corn and green beans), plantation potential (cashew, mahogany, and cocoa) (BPPD, 2020), as well as in Herlang District has various agroforestry land management. Agroforestry is an effort to increase biodiversity without the exception of soil microbes such as fungi which stimulate soil biological activity. This study aims to identify rhizosphere fungi from two different plant vegetation as agroforestry land cover. The research method used was the isolation of the fungus using a 10-2 dilution technique , as well as the identification of the fungus based on its macroscopic and microscopic forms. Exploration results of mahogany and cocoa rhizosphere fungi as agroforestry land cover in Herlang District, Bulukumba Regency, obtained 3 4 isolates consisting of 5 genera, namely, Aspergillus sp., Fusarium sp., Penicillium sp., Rhizopus sp., and Trichoderma sp.
