Short Description

Soybean is an important food crop after rice and corn. Soybean production in East Kalimantan based on the 2014 forecast rate is estimated at 1,263 tons of dry seeds. Compared to 2013 production (ATAP 2013) there was a decrease of 139 tons (9.91%) (BPS, 2014). The low productivity is because the technique of managing soybean plants is still not optimal. Efforts to increase soybean productivity can be done by conducting intensive cultivation techniques. One of the cultivation techniques that can be done is by technical methods, namely crop trimming and intensive agricultural cultivation can be done in various ways including fertilization. The study was carried out for 5 months, namely from January to May 2018. The research site was on experimental land owned by the Faculty of Agriculture, Widya Gama Mahakam Samarinda.