Growth and Biomass of Anthocephalus cadamba Seedlings in Response to Liquid Disposal of Particleboard’s Recycling as Fertilizer

: Liquid disposal (LD) originated from particleboard bonded by urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin’s recycling contains nitrogen which can be utilized as fertilizer for non-food seedlings. This study focused on the analysis of growth and biomass of Anthocephalus cadamba seedlings, one type of local Indonesian plants which is popular for forest plantation, after application of fertilizer made of LD of particleboard’s recycling. Methods of this work were consisted of analysis of the LD, analysis of soil, preparation of growth media, application of the LD’s fertilizer to the seedlings, and observation of the growth parameters and their biomass. Result of this study showed growth parameters namely plant height and diameter of A.cadamba were significantly enhance after exposure of LD’s fertilizer. However, biomass parameters such as dry weight of roots and top/roots ratio did not influence. This finding suggested that fertilizer made of LD originated from particleboard bonded by UF resins can be utilized as fertilizer for seedlings particularly for topgrowth.