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ABSTRACT
The topic of “Producing foliar fertilizer from catfish by-products (
Pangasius
hypophthalmus) and pineapple peel” has been carried out from February to August
2017. This study focuses on:
- Determining total nitrogen in Kjeldahl and total
protein from catfish by-
products.
- Evaluating the bromelain activity of composions of pineapple fruit.
- Evaluating the effect of the ration between pineapple peel and catfish by-
products on total nitrogen and formol nitrogen of fertilizer production.
- Determining the volume of water that was supplied to convert catfish by-
products to fertilizer.
- Evaluating the effect of pH on enzyme activity.
- Determining the optimum time to hydrolyze catfish by-products by using
pineapple peel.
- Determinating the efficiency of foliar fertilizer
from catfish by-products
on the crops.
The study result showed that the catfish by-products
had a highly total
nitrogen (2.34%) that was a valuable resource to produce fertilizer. Besides, weight
percent composition of a Cayena pineapple was: Pulp (30,02%), core (6,14%), peel
(48.53%) and crown (15,31%). The waste of Pineapple represents about 70% of
pineapple weight and peels had the high weight and high enzyme activity. Using the
bromelain from pineapple peeles to hydrolyze catfish by - products has been carried
out. The optimum pH for the enzyme activity was 6 and
the suitable time for the
hydrolyzation was 12 days and optimal ratio of pineapple
peel and catfish by-
products was 0.75: 1. The optimal ratio between water and substrate was 1: 1. The
field experiment showed that this foliar fertilizer
has efficiency on crop
development as high as commercial fertilizer.