Soil properties of agricultural area in karst terrain of Parakan, Pangandaran, West Java, Indonesia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15243/jdmlm.2021.083.2809Keywords:
beneficial soil microbes, food crops cultivation, soil quality, terra rossaAbstract
a clayed soil characterized by reddish in colour, thick solum and neutral acidity. Farmers in Parakan area, Parigi District of Pangandaran, usually cultivate cash crops in terra rossa. Nowadays, farmers have no information about the properties of the soil, which is an important factor to maintain and increase plant productivity. The objective of this descriptive quantitative study was to verify the soil characteristic included physicochemical and microbiological properties in a selected agricultural field of Parakan. The soil samples were taken from three different areas covered with different vegetation. The study showed that terra rossa in the karst area is a non-saline soil with neutral acidity and low electrical conductivity. The texture of all soils were clay contained >50% clay particle. The soils were low in organic carbon, total nitrogen and available phosphor; but high in total phosphor and potassium, as well as cation exchange capacity. The population of soil microbes include total and fungal bacteria, as well as nitrogen-fixing Azotobacter and phosphate solubilizing bacteria, were average. In order to increase the organic carbon level; and the availability of phosphor and nitrogen, organic matter amendment is needed.References
Agus, F., Yusrial, and Sutono. 2006. Soil texture determination. In Kurnia, U., Agus, F., Adimihardja A. and Dariah, A. (Eds.), Soil Physical Properties and Analysis Methods. Indonesian Agency Agricultural Land Resources Research and Development, Bogor. pp 43-62 (in Indonesian).
AOAC. 2012. Official Methods of Analysis 19th edition. Association of Official Analytical Chemist, Washington DC, USA, 2012.
Atekan, A., Nuraini, Y., Handayanto, E. and Syekhfani. 2014. The potential of phosphate solubilizing bacteria isolated from sugarcane wastes for solubilizing phosphate. Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management 1(4): 175-182, doi: 10.15243/jdmlm.2014.014.175.
BPS. 2019. Parigi District in Figures 2018. Central Bureau of Statistik Ciamis Regency, Ciamis, Indonesia, 36 pages (in Indonesian).
Davet, P. and Rouxel F. 2000. Detection and Isolation of Soil Fungi. Science Publishers, Inc.Enfield, New Hampshire, USA. 188p
Feng, J-L. and Zhu, L-P. 2009. Origin of terra rossa on Amdo North Mountain on the Tibetan plateau, China: evidence from quartz. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 55(3): 407-420.
Feng, J-L., Cu, Z-C. and Zhu, L.P. 2009. Origin of terra rossa over dolomite on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, China. Geochemical Journal 43: 151-166.
Haryono, E., Putro, S.T., Surtman and Sutikno. 2017. Polygonal karst morphology of Karangbolong area, Java-Indonesia. Acta Carsologica 46(1): 63–72.
Hertanto, H.B., Ramelan, A.H. and Budiastuti, M.S. 2011. The development of karst area ecotourism object potency in the West Pacitan Regency of East Java Province. Ekosains 3(2): 1-30 (in Indonesian).
Hindersah, R., Handyman, Z., Indriani, F.N., Suryatmana, P. and Nurlaeny, N. 2018. Azotobacter population, soil nitrogen and groundnut growth in mercury-contaminated tailing inoculated with Azotobacter. Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management 5(3):1269-1274.
Hindersah, R., Kurniati, N., Sukarsa, D.E. and Kuswaryan S. 2020. Sustainable food crop production in karst area of Parigi, Pangandaran, West Java: a preliminary study. Journal of Perspectives on Financing and Regional Development 8(1): 41-50.
Jan, U., Feiwen, R., Masood, J. and Chun, S.C. 2020. Characterization of soil microorganism from humus and indigenous microorganism amendments. Mycobiology 48(5): 392-398.
Kalayu, G. 2019. Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms: promising approach as biofertilizers. International Journal of Agronomy. 2019: Article ID 4917256.
Kosobucki, P. and Buszewski, B. 2014. Natural organic matter in ecosystems - a review. Nova Biotechnologica et Chimica 13(2): 109-129.
Kurniati, N., Hindersah, R., Sukarsa, D.E. 2019. Legal aspect of green geotourism development of the karst area in Pangandaran: synchronization between the regulation and the living law. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 393 (2019) 012066
Lucke, B., Kemnitz, H., Bäumler, R. and Schmid, M. 2014. Red mediterranean soils in Jordan: new insights in their origin, genesis, and role as environmental archives. Catena 112: 4-24.
Merino, E. and Banerjee, M.A. 2008. Terra rossa genesis, implications for karst, and eolian dust: a geodynamic thread. The Journal of Geology 116(1):62-75.
Mulyanto, D. 2020. Volcanic materials as a main constituent of red soils overlying the carbonate rock of Karangsari, Wonosari. Jurnal Tanah dan Air (Soil and Water Journal) 17(2): 45 – 55 (in Indonesian).
Mulyanto, D., Subroto, P.S. and Lukito, H. 2011. Genesis of soil pedon tanah developpment on carbonat rock in Wonosari Gunungkidul. Forum Geografi 25(2): 100 – 115 (in Indonesian).
Oldfield, E.E., Wood, S.A. and Bradford, M.A. 2017. Direct effects of soil organic matter on productivity mirror those observed with organic amendments. Plant and Soil 423: 363–373, doi: 10.1007/s11104-017-3513-5.
Oshunsanya, D.O. 2018. Introductory chapter: relevance of soil pH to agriculture. In: Soil pH for Nutrient Availability and Crop Performance. IntechOpen, doi: 10.5772/intechopen.82551.
Rashid, M.I., Mujawar, L.H., Shahzad, T., Almeelbi, T., Ismail, I.M.I. and Oves. M. 2016. Bacteria and fungi can contribute to nutrients bioavailability and aggregate formation in degraded soils. Microbiological Research 183: 26-41.
Sanders, E.R. 2012. Aseptic laboratory techniques: plating methods. Journal of Visualized Experiment 63:e3064.
Simandjuntak, T.O. and Surono. 1992. Gelogical map of Pangandaran Quadrangle. Geological Research and Development Centre . Bandung (in Indonesian).
Sivasakthi, S., Saranraj, P. and Sivasakthivelan, P. 2017. Biological nitrogen fixation by Azotobacter sp.—a review. Indo Asian Journal of Multidiscipline Research 3: 1274–1284.
Tian, D. and Niu, S. 2015. A global analysis of soil acidification caused by nitrogen addition. Environmental Research Letters 2015 (10): Article ID 024019.
Uthayasooriyan, M., Pathmanathan, S., Ravimannan, N. and Sathyaruban, S. 2016. Formulation of alternative culture media for bacterial and fungal growth. Der Pharmacia Lettre 8 (1):431-436.
Veress, M. 2020. Karst types and their karstification. Journal of Earth Science 31(3): 621–634.
Xu, R.K., Qafoku, N.P., van Ranst, E., Li, J. . and Jiang, J. 2016. Adsorption properties of subtropical and tropical variable charge soils: Implications from climate change and biochar amendment. Advance Agronomy 135: 1−58.
Yun, S-W. and Yu, C. 2015. Immobilization of Cd, Zn, and Pb from Soil treated by limestone with variation of pH using a column test. Journal of Chemistry 2015: Article ID 641415.
Downloads
Submitted
Accepted
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, or thesis) that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher. 
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Scientific Journal by Eko Handayanto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://ub.ac.id.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://ircmedmind.ub.ac.id/.
This work is licensed under a 