Utilization of MET for Functional Microbial Applications on Maize in Dry Land

Utilization of MET for Functional Microbial Applications on Maize in Dry Land. The development of agriculture in dry land is still a problem in Indonesia. The condition of unfertile soil, limited of biological resources, and shortage of water becomes limiting factor which is difficult to overcome. In the future, it would be increasingly difficult condition in line with climate change. Therefore, an innovation and technology which are constantly being developed are needed to for dry land agriculture. Utilization of Microbial Entrapment Technology (MET) with bio-carrier could be a promising solution for this problem. MM and M2H is one if organic fertilizer product in tablet form using MET technology with mineral rocks and hydrogel as a carrier. The laboratory test result to maize crop proved that this formula could increase the weight of roots and vegetative seedling in the range of 50 persen - 100 persen. Proseding Seminar Nasional, Jakarta, 8 Februari 2017