ABSTRAK INDUKSI BAKTERI RIZOSFIR PADA TANAMAN TOMAT UNTUK MENGENDALIKAN NEMATODA BENGKAK AKAR (Meloidogyne spp.) Oleh Rika Alfianny NIM 30611023 (Program Studi Doktor Biologi) Penyakit Nematoda Bengkak Akar (NBA) yang disebabkan oleh Meloidogyne spp. merupakan penyakit penting pada tomat. Kerugian hasil akibat Meloidogyne spp. di dunia bervariasi untuk setiap negara sekitar 24-46,2%. Budidaya pertanian intensif di wilayah sentra pertanaman tomat dengan pola tanam solanaceae secara berturut-turut berpotensi terserang NBA sehingga intensitas penggunaan bahan kimia seperti pupuk dan pestisida sangat tinggi yang berdampak negatif terhadap kesehatan manusia dan lingkungan. Kemampuan Meloidogyne spp. sebagai parasit obligat dengan kisaran inang yang luas dan tahan terhadap cekaman abiotik merupakan faktor penyebab sulitnya dilakukan pengendalian. Pengendalian Meloidogyne spp. selama ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan nematisida, namun teknik tersebut belum dapat menuntaskan permasalahan penyakit NBA sehingga perlu dicari alternatif teknik pengendalian lainnya yang aman. Tujuan penelitian untuk mendapatkan bakteri rizosfir (indigenous) terseleksi dari beberapa wilayah sentra tomat di Jawa Barat untuk mengendalikan Meloidogyne spp. dan bagaimana pengaruhnya terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil tomat. Penelitian terdiri atas tiga tahapan yaitu: keragaman bakteri rizosfir di wilayah sentra tomat di Jawa Barat, induksi bakteri rizosfir pada tanaman tomat skala rumah plastik, uji efektifitas penginduksian bakteri rizosfir pada tanaman tomat untuk mengendalikan Meloidogyne spp. skala lapangan (non sentra) dan keefektifan isolat bakteri rizosfir dalam mengendalikan Meloidogyne spp. pada tanaman tomat di wilayah sentra produksi tomat. Penelitian tahap pertama dilakukan di laboratorium Pusat Ilmu Hayati PAU-ITB. Hasil eksplorasi dan isolasi dari lima sentra produksi tanaman tomat diperoleh 189 isolat bakteri rizosfir, sedangkan hasil seleksi diperoleh 18 bakteri rizosfir yang berpotensi sebagai pemacu pertumbuhan dan menekan serangan Meloidogyne spp. Dari 18 kandidat bakteri terseleksi kemudian dilakukan uji kompatibilitas dan hipersensitif diperoleh enam isolat bakteri yang kompatibel yaitu: LM24, LM38, CW222, CN26, CK27, CK212. Selanjutnya ke enam bakteri tersebut diidentifikasi secara molekuler menggunakan primer 16 sRNA, diperoleh hasil yaitu: CK212 (Staphylococcus sciuri.), CK27 (Bacillus cereus CK), CN26 (Ochrobactrum sp.), CW222 (Bacillus cereus CW), LM24 (Bacillus toyonens), LM38 (Bacillus cereus LM). Penelitian tahap kedua dilaksanakan pada rumah plastik di Tanjungsari dengan metode Split Root System menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) terdiri dari 57 perlakuan dan diulang dua kali. Hasil uji karakterisasi fungsional menunjukkan keenam isolat bakteri rizosfir menghasilkan Indole acetic acid (IAA), lima isolat sebagai pelarut fosfat dan empat isolat dapat memfiksasi N2, uji aktivitas enzim peroksidase, aktivitas kitinase dan protein total serta kandungan asam jasmonat ditunjukkan perlakuan isolat konsorsium bakteri Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp+Bacillus cereus CK paling tinggi, sedangkan untuk kandungan etilen kontrol menunjukkan konsentrasi paling tinggi. Isolat konsorsium bakteri: (1) Bacillus toyonens + Staphylococcus sciuri, (2) Bacillus toyonens + Bacillus cereus LM + Bacillus cereus CW + Staphylococcus sciuri, (3) Bacillus cereus LM + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK (4) Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp, (5) Bacillus cereus LM + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK + Staphylococcus sciuri memberikan pertumbuhan dan hasil tomat yang lebih baik, sedangkan isolat konsorsium bakteri: (1) Bacillus cereus LM, (2) Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK + Staphylococcus sciuri, (3) Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK, (4) Bacillus cereus LM + Bacillus cereus CK mampu menekan serangan Meloidogyne spp., Penelitian tahap ketiga dilakukan di dua lokasi, non sentra tomat (Tanjungsari) dan sentra tomat (Balai Penelitian Tanaman Sayuran Lembang) keduanya menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) yang terdiri dari sepuluh perlakuan dan masing-masing diulang sebanyak 9 dan 10 kali. Hasil pada non sentra menunjukkan perlakuan konsorsium Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK, pertumbuhan tanaman, hasil tomat dan penekanan serangan Meloidogyne spp. lebih tinggi dibanding perlakuan lainnya. Pada lokasi sentra tomat, hasil menunjukkan untuk kultivar Ratna perlakuan Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK dan untuk kultivar Permata perlakuan Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp memberikan pertumbuhan tanaman, hasil buah serta penekanan insiden Meloidogyne spp. lebih baik. Secara keseluruhan dari hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa isolat konsorsium Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK dapat menekan serangan Meloidogyne spp. dan meningkatkan hasil tomat, sehingga isolat konsorsium tersebut berpotensi untuk dikembangkan sebagai PGPR (Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria) untuk tanaman tomat. Kata kunci: Tomat, bakteri rizosfir, Meloidogyne spp., ISR, PGPR. ABSTRACT INDUCED RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIA ON TOMATO PLANT TO CONTROL ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE (Meloidogyne spp.) By RIKA ALFIANNY NIM: 306110023 (Doctoral Study Program of Biology) Root Knot Nematode (RKN) disease caused by Meloidogyne spp. is an important disease in tomato. Yield losses due Meloidogyne spp. vary around 24-46,2% world wide. Intensive cultivation of solanaceae in the central production tomato area is potentially affected by RKN which causes very high use of fertilizers and pesticides, and give a negative impact on human health and the environment. Meloidogyne spp.is hard to control since it is an obligate parasites with a wide range of host and it is also resistant to abiotic stress factors. Conventional management of Meloidogyne spp. is carried out by using nematicides, however these techniques can’t resolve the problems of RKN disease. Accordingly, it is necessary to find alternative and safe desease techniques. The objective of the study is to isolate indigenous rhizosphere bacteria selected from some of the central production area of tomato plants in West Java to control Meloidogyne spp. and to study how othese rhizosphere bacteria affect the growth and yield of tomatoes.This research consists of three stages, namely rhizosphere bacteria diversity in the central production area of tomato plantsin West Java,induced rhizosphere bacteria on tomatoes plants plastic house scale, the effectiveness of induced rhizosphere bacteria on tomato plants to control Meloidogyne spp. field scale (in central production area of tomato or not). The first stage of the research was conducted the Central Laboratory of Biological Sciences PAU-ITB. From the exploration results and isolation from the central production area of tomato plants in West Java, was obtained 189 rhizosphere bacteria isolates. From the selection process, 18 isolates showed a potential of enhancing growth and suppress the attack Meloidogyne spp., compatibility and hypersensitivity tests showed that six of the 18 candidates isolates were compatible with namely: LM24, LM38, CW222, CN26, CK27, CK212. Furthermore, these six isolates were identified using 16S rRNA sequencing and the result were as follow: CK212 (Staphylococcus sciuri), CK27 (Bacillus cereus CK), CN26 (Ochrobactrum sp.), CW222 (Bacillus cereus CW), LM24 (Bacillus toyonens), LM38 (Bacillus cereus LM). The second stage of the research was conducted in a plastic house in Tanjungsari using Split Root System. Research was done using Randomized Block Design (RBD) comprising of 57 treatmentswith two replications.The results showed functional characterization the all rhizosphere bacteria could be produced indole acetic acid (IAA), five isolates were phosphate solubilizing bacteria and four isolates could fix (N2) nitrogen. The consortia consisting of Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp. + Bacillus cereus CK showed the best results for peroxidase activity, chitinase activity, protein total and jasmonic acid concentrations. On the other hand, according to GCMS results, the highest ethylene concentration was found in the control. The consortia: (1) Bacillus toyonens + Staphylococcus sciuri,(2) Bacillus cereus LM + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK (3) Bacillus toyonens + Bacillus cereus LM + Bacillus cereus CW + Staphylococcus sciuri, (4) Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp, (5) Bacillus cereus LM + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK + Staphylococcus sciuri enhanced the growth and yield of tomatoes compared to control and other isolate consortium tested. Additionally, bacterial consortium isolates: (1) Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK + Staphylococcus sciuri, (2) Bacillus cereus LM, (3) Bacillus cereus LM + Bacillus cereus CK, (4) Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus CK were able to suppress Meloidogyne spp attack better than control and other treatments. The third stage of the research was conducted at two locations, the first experimental plantation was in Tanjungsari using Randomized Block Design (RBD) with ten treatments and repeated nine times. The results showed that consortium Bacillus toyonens+ Ochrobactrum sp+ Bacillus cereus CK increased the growth and yield of tomatoes and suppressed the attack of Meloidogyne spp higher and better if compared to the control and other treatments.The location of the second study was conducted in the Indonesian Vegetable Research Institute Lembang. This study was designed using a Randomized Block Design (RBD) consisting of ten treatments and repeated ten times. Treatment of Ratna cultivars using Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus (CK) consortiashowed higher growth and yield, also lower nematode incidence compared to control and other treatments. Treatments of Permata cultivars using Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp contortia showed higher growth and yield and also lower nematode incidence compared to control and other treatments. Overall results showed that consortia isolates Bacillus toyonens + Ochrobactrum sp + Bacillus cereus (CK) was potential to PGPR on tomatoes plant. Thus it was to be developed as biological control agent root knot nematode disease. Keyword: Tomato, rhizosphere bacteria, Meloidogyne spp., ISR, PGPR.