Current Biochemistry CURRENT BIOCHEMISTRY ISSN: 2355-7877 Homepage: http://biokimia.ipb.ac.id E-mail: current.biochemistry@gmail.com 91 Application of Liquid Organic Fertilizer (Bio-fertilizer) Enriched Consortium Bacteria and Golden Snail (Pamoacea canliculata) in Ciherang Rice Flowering (Aplikasi pupuk organik cair (Bio-fertilizer) diperkaya konsorsium bakteri dan keong mas (Pamoacea canliculata) pada pembungaan padi Ciherang) Agus Setiawan 1* , Maria Bintang 1 , Syamsul Falah 1 1 Department of Biochemistry, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, 16680, Indonesia Received : 26 April 2016; Accepted: 5 July 2016 Corresponding author: Agus Setiawan; Departemen Biokimia, Jl. Agatis Gd. Fapet Lt. 5, Wing 5, Bogor 16680; Telp/ Fax. +62251-8423267; E-mail: ayahnya_bintang@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Application of organic fertilizer today has become a necessity, benefits can be felt by farmers using organic fertilizers because increasing content of organic matter and soil nutrition so that in- creased productivity of agricultural land. Golden snail (Pomacea canaliculata) was introduced to Asia in the 1980s from South America as a potential food for humans. Nutritional content of golden snails when added to other ingredients can be a good growth medium for growth of various types of bacteria (consortium) as basic ingredients of liquid organic fertilizer (Bio-fertilizer). Bio-ferti- lizer was made from golden snail plus bacterial consortium followed by isolation and calculation of bacterial colonies that grow, test activity of phosphate solvent, nitrogen fixation and effectiveness of Ciherang rice flowering. Bio-fertilizer applications made in combination with solid organic fer- tilizers significantly increase plant height, number of tillers, multiply and accelerate flowering of Ciherang rice. Keywords: bacterial consortium, bio-fertilizer, Ciherang rice, nitrogen fixation, Golden Snail Volume 3 (2): 91 - 101, 2016 ABSTRAK Aplikasi pupuk organik saat ini sudah menjadi suatu keniscayaan, manfaat dapat dirasakan petani dengan menggunakan pupuk organik karena meningkatnya kandungan bahan organik dan nutrisi tanah sehingga meningkatkan produktivitas lahan pertanian. Keong mas (Pomacea canalicu- lata) diperkenalkan ke Asia pada tahun 1980an dari Amerika Selatan sebagai makanan potensial bagi manusia. Kandungan nutrisi Keong mas bila ditambahkan bahan lainnya bisa menjadi media pertumbuhan yang baik untuk pertumbuhan berbagai jenis bakteri (konsorsium) sebagai bahan dasar pupuk organik cair (Bio-fertilizer). Bio-fertilizer dibuat dari keong mas ditambah konsorsium bakteri