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Indonesia has abundance and potential nature resources, by large creature’s like Sumatera elephants, the tiniest primates in the world, there goes to food and horticulture plants. The biodiversity have to keep safe and manage optimally to gain the benefit by it as food source, industry, and along with energy resources for the…

Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) held a symposium with the theme ‘kick off meeting for top global university project’ in Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) on 18-19 March 2015. Four Indonesian universities were attended in this symposium, together with Kasersart University (Thailand), Ateneo de Manila University (The Philippines), Hanoi University of Science (Vietnam) and UC Davis, University of California (USA). Four Indonesian…

On  April 6, 2015,  IPB team that consisted of  Rector, Prof. Herry Suhardiyanto, Vice Rector for Academic and Student Affairs, Prof. Yonny Koesmaryono, Director of  Collaboration and  International Programs (KSPI), Dr. Edy Hartulistyoso dan Head Plant Physiology and Genetics Division, Department of Biology, Prof. Dr. Ir. Suharsono DEA had visited Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi. IPB team met Gowa Regent, Chairman dan…

Sputatrix or Java Cobra Naja is a high venomous snakes. This snake could be hemotoksik or damaging blood cells and also neurotoxic or damaging nerve cells. In addition,in endangered situation, this snakes could spray its venom to crippled its opponent. Javanese people called this snake as a spoon snake for neck that could be flattened shape resembles a spoon when threatened. Actively foraging at night (nocturnal) and live in the ground (terrestrial). Small mammals, lizards, and amphibians is a its…

Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) are the soil bacteria inhabiting around/on the root surface and are directly or indirectly involved in promoting plant growth and development via production and secretion of various regulatory chemicals in the vicinity of rhizosphere. One of Department of Biology Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) Professor, Prof. Dr. Aris Tri Wahyudi M.Si., started his PGPR research on 2005 until…