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This community service activity aims to enhance the capacity of farmers in utilizing endophyte fungi as a biostimulant for rice plants through training, assistance, and provision of inoculum. Endophyte fungi are known to stimulate plant growth, increase nutrient absorption, and suppress diseases. The activity partner is the farmers' group 'Bonto Manai' in Saukang village, Sinjai district, which has been relying on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The implementation methods include socialization, technical training, demonstration plots (demplot) and evaluation through pre-test, post-test, and observation. The results of the activities showed an increase in farmers' knowledge of 78% (average pre-test score of 42 increased to 75 in the post-test). The demonstration plot results showed better rice growth (average plant height of 72 cm) and lower blast disease intensity (8%) compared to the control (18%). This program proves that the use of endophytes can be practically applied by farmers and has the potential to reduce dependence on chemical inputs.
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References
Hallmann, J., Quadt-Hallmann, A., Mahaffee, W. F., & Kloepper, J. W. (1997). Bacterial endophytes in agricultural crops. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 43(10), 895–914. https://doi.org/10.1139/m97-131
Hardoim, P. R., van Overbeek, L. S., & van Elsas, J. D. (2008). Properties of bacterial endophytes and their proposed role in plant growth. Trends in Microbiology, 16(10), 463–471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2008.07.008
Hassan, S. E.-D. (2019). Plant growth-promoting activities for bacterial and fungal endophytes isolated from medicinal plant of Teucrium polium L. Journal of Advanced Research, 15, 711–720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2018.07.006
Kumar, A., Patel, J. S., Meena, V. S., & Srivastava, R. (2020). Recent advances of PGPR based approaches for stress tolerance in plants for sustainable agriculture. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 20, 101271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2019.101271
Suryantini. (2020). Tantangan produksi padi nasional dan alternatif solusi berkelanjutan. Jurnal Pertanian Tropika, 7(2), 112–120.
Wicaksono, W. A., Latz, M. A. C., & Berg, G. (2019). Endophytic microbes for sustainable agriculture: Bridging the gap between potential and application. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 3, 55. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00055
Zhou, L., Tang, K., Guo, S., & Wei, T. (2020). Endophytic fungi: A potential resource for new bioactive compounds. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 104(6), 2435–2449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10458-9