Journal of Agro Complex
Vol 2, No 1 (2018)

Efektifitas aplikasi Beauveria bassiana sebagai upaya pengendalian wereng batang coklat dan walang sangit pada tanaman padi di Desa Campursari Kecamatan Bulu Kabupaten Temanggung

Tri Purwaningsih (Agroecotechnology, Faculty of Animal and Agricultural Sciences, Diponegoro University)
Budi Adi Kristanto (Agroecotechnology, Faculty of Animal and Agricultural Sciences, Diponegoro University)
Karno Karno (Agroecotechnology, Faculty of Animal and Agricultural Sciences, Diponegoro University)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Feb 2018

Abstract

Beauveria bassiana is one of the pathogens that can be used as an environmentally friendly bio pesticide, as it does not produce harmful residues and does not cause pest resistance. This research was conducted in the village of Campursari village, District of Bulu, Temanggung Regency. The purpose of this research was assess the effectiveness of Beauveria bassiana application in order to suppress the population of brown planthopper and adult rice bug in rice plants and to find out rice plants production. The research used factorial randomized design which consists of two treatments. The first treatment was the application of Beauveria bassiana with controlled doses by 0, 100, 150 and 200 g/14 l. The second treatment was the application interval between 7, 10, and 14 days. The parameters observed were brown planthopper populations, adult rice bug population, plant height, number of tillers and grain production. The results showed that application with doses of 200 g/14 l and 7 day interval application was effective to suppress population of brown planthopper and adult rice bug and also saved grain production by 1,20 kg to 7,02 kg/m2 depending on application dosage. Keywords : planthopper, adult rice bug, Beauveria, doses, application interval

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Journal Info

Abbrev

joac

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

Journal of Agro Complex (JOAC) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all areas of agricultural sciences (Agro complex). Research areas include : plant growth and development, plant production, plant improvement, plant protection, plant ecology, plant physiology, seed ...