Current Research in Agricultural Sciences 2313-3716 2312-6418 10.18488/journal.68/2015.2.2/68.2.42.52 Current Research in Agricultural Sciences Effect of Fungi and Manure on Cadmium Content and Biomass of Maize Grown In Cadmium Contaminated Tailing from Bangka Indonesia Current Research in Agricultural Sciences Current Research in Agricultural Sciences 06-2015 2015 06-2015 06-2015 2 2 42 52 30 Nov 30 Nov Cadmium (Cd) contamination form tailings disposal that occur in tin mining in Bangka cause a serious  soil health problem. One of the ways to reduce Cd concentration in soil is bioremediation. The research was conducted to determine the influence of fungi and cattle manure on dry weight and Cd content of  maize  as well as  fungi  population in the rhizosphere of maize grown in tailing collected from tin mining area in  Bangka. Green house research was set up in Factorial Randomized Block Design. Maize hybrid P21 was grown  for six weeks in tailing  contaminated by CdCl2.0,5H2O up to 8 mg kg-1 and inoculated with  Humicola sp. or Fusarium sp. without and with several dose of cattle manure. Interaction effect between fungi and cattle manure clearly affect the rhizosphere fungal population, however did not give any significant effect to dry weight and Cd content. Application of Fusarium sp. 107 spores mL-1 with manure of 22 g pot-1 lead to increased fungal population. There was an independent effect of cattle manure to decrease Cd content and increase dry weight of maize. <div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.pakinsight.com/images/524766202317551.jpg"></div>