FESTER Y ABY Pengarang Dr. Bernadete B. Koten, S.Pt., MP Dosen Pembimbing 1 Ir. Thomas Lapenangga, MS Dosen Pembimbing 2 Asrul, S.Pd., M.Si Penguji 2 Dr. Cytske sabuna, S.Pt., M.Si Penguji 1 Ir. Thomas Lapenangga, MS Penguji 4 Dr. Bernadete B. Koten, S.Pt., MP Penguji 3 AHMAD FADIL Contributor

The research aims to evaluate the production of turi forage (Sesbania grandiflora) which was given liquid organic fertilizer (LOF) based on banana weevil at different levels. The research was conducted in the Forage area of Animal Feed Department of Animal Husbandry Polytechnic of Kupang for 3 months. The research was carried out with several activities such as preparing turi plant tillers, making LOF, applying POC, maintaining turi plants and analyzing the nutritional content of turi plants in the laboratory. The design used in this study was a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 4 treatments consisting of RO (without liquid fertilizer), R1 (50 mL liquid fertilizer: 1 L water), R2 (100 mL liquid fertilizer: 1 L water), and R3 (150 mL liquid fertilizer: 1 L water). Each treatment was repeated 5 times. The results showed that the applying of banana weevil-based LOF with different levels it not have a significant effect on fresh forage production, dry matter production and turi forage organic matter production. This is because the N, P and K of the banana weevil LOF are still low so they cannot be utilized by plants for the formation of stems and leaves. The best kapok banana for turi plant forage production is 100 ml POC: 1 liter of water.