ANALYSIS OF SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF PETUNG BAMBOO (Dendrocalamus asper ) ON SOME TREATMENTS

Abstract

This study aims to determine saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) of Petung Bamboo with several treatments.
This studywas conducted inMarch-May2015, intheDepartmentofAgriculturalEngineering, FacultyofAgriculture,
University of Lampung. The treatments consisted of two factors; firstwas bamboo treatment andthe secondwas
bamboo positions. Bamboo treatment consisted of 3 levels; both epidermis and endodermis were not scraped,
epidermiswas scraped and endodermiswas not, and both epidermis and endodermiswere scraped. In the second
factor, bamboo was placed horizontally and vertically. Based on research conducted, Ks of unscraped layers of
the epidermis and endodermiswas 0 cm.sec-1. For the treatment of scraped epidermis and unscraped endodermis,
Kswas 3.04 x 10-10 cm.sec-1. For the treatment of bamboo epidermis and endodermis layers scraped,Kswas 5.40
x 10-10 cm.sec-1. Bamboohorizontally placed had higherKs than bamboo vertically placed. The resultalso showed
that bamboowith higher density had lower hydraulic conductivity.
Keywords: Hydraulic conductivity, Petung Bamboo