Sigid Handoko
Agricultural Department, Indonesian Center for Agricultural Technology Assessment and Development, Bogor, IndonesiaPublications
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Research
Bio Oil of Waste Tobacco Stem: Extraction, Physicochemical Properties, and Its Biological Activities
Author(s): Heri Prabowo*, Sigid Handoko, Miswarti, Sri Widyaningsih, Harwanto and Susi Wuryantini
Tobacco has been cultivated as a commercial crop by Indonesian farmersfor a long time. The content of tobacco waste makes 24% of the weightof tobacco leaf. In 2014, tobacco plantation produced approximately39,902.88 tonnage waste. There is a potential use of tobacco stem forbotanical pesticide. In Indonesia, the use of tobacco waste for botanicalpesticide is practiced by Tani Punik Mitra Farmers group. The active ingredients in nicotine are believed to support the effectiveness of its use in the field. Pyrolysis is another technology that can be used to make a pesticide from tobacco stem. The pyrolysis process shall resu.. Read More»