Agroland: Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Pertanian
Vol 17 No 3 (2010): Desember

Uji Aktivitas Insektisida Ekstrak Daun Serai Terhadap Ulat Daun Kubis (Plutella xylostella L.) di Laboratorium

Shahabuddin Shahabuddin (Program Studi Agroteknologi Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Tadulako, Palu)
Alam Anshary (Program Studi Agroteknologi Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Tadulako, Palu)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2010

Abstract

The study was conducted to evaluate effects of varied concentrations of methanol extract of lemon grass, Andropogon nardus L. (10.5%, 9.5%, 8.5%, 7,5%, 6.5%, and 0% as control) on mortality and feeding activity of the third-instars of P.xylostella larvae. It was used a randomized complete design with three replicates. The results showed that the leaf extract of Andropogon nardus at 8.5 % was the best treatment as it could caused high mortality of P. xylostella (66.67 %) and it was able to deter the feeding activity up to 82.66 %. The data suggested that extracts of Andropogon nardus contains toxic oil and feeding activity repellant.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

agrolandnasional

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

Agroland: Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Pertanian (P-ISSN: 0854-641X ; E-ISSN: 2407-7607) is a scientific journal published by Tadulako University. This journal specializes in the study of agriculture. The managers invite scientists, scholars, professionals, and researchers in the disciplines of Agriculture to ...