ARIS AKSARAH, ARFAN, LISA INDRIANI AND ARFANDI
Abstract
Previous research has succeeded in obtaining a consortium of Phyllosphere microbes Fm48 anda consortium of rhizosphere microbes R15 which are the most effective in increasing the growth and yieldof rice plants in experimental pots. The consortium of microbes of Phyllosphere Fm48 and R15 microbesof rhizosphere have the ability to fix N2 from the air, dissolve P and secrete growth hormones. This studyaims to examine the effectiveness of the consortium of Phyllosphere microbes and rhizosphere microbes inadapting to the rice field environment and their ability to stimulate the growth of rice plants in paddy fields.The research was conducted in nurseries and transplanted plantings, using a completely randomized designconsisting of four treatments, namely: control, giving the consortia of Phyllosphere microbe Fm48, givingconsortium of rhizosphere microbesR15 and the combination of consortium s of Phyllosphere microbeFm48 and consortium of rhizosphere microbesR15. The data obtained were processed by analysis ofvariance and if there was a significant difference, it was continued with the Honest Significant Difference(HSD) test at the 1% level. The consortium of phyllosphere microbes Fm48 and consortium of rhizospheremicrobes R15 had no effect on rice growth in nurseries, but they were able to adapt to the rice fieldenvironment and stimulate rice plant growth even though its process was slow. The consortium ofphyllosphere microbes Fm48 and consortium of rhizosphere microbes R15 and their combination stimulatedthe growth of the number of leaves and the number of rice tillers.