Pests Planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) tended to increase from year to year, after the ’90s can be pressed. This year through June, pests aphis have been attacked around 32 thousand hectares of rice fields. To that end, the system integrated pest management (IPM) should return the major project.
Likewise, among others, stated Dr. Ir Dadang, Chairman, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB, in silahturahmi morning with a number of journalists working in Bogor, IPB Campus Baranangsiang, Monday (21/06/2010). “Meningkatkanya pests aphis was due to many factors. We do not need to blame anyone. What’s important all parties equally introfeksi and resolve this issue, “he said.
According to Dadang, one of which must be done is to popularize and implement IPM system back, to groups of farmers. This system has the major project in 1990, and the journey then Suharto government can mewujukan self-sufficiency in rice.
“Before that, 20 years ago, the government in this program from the Planning Board, assisted by academic circles, including IPB, disseminating IPM system to groups of farmers. The farmers were given technical guidance, from choosing the soil seed aphis, plant pattern, until the proper way to monitor and resolve if there aphis in the fields, “said Dadang.
With another major project IPM, continued Dadang, the expected rate of pest aphis, can be inhibited, with proper handling, involving the owners of rice farmers. Inhibition of the spread of aphis should be done, so that rice does not anjok productivity levels.
“Imagine, currently has 32 thousand hectares infested by pests aphis plane. If one hectare of rice field produces an average of five tons of rice, it means that Indonesia is already losing 160 thousand tons. Than we should menginpor up thousands of tons of rice, which would become a political problem and the noise of the people much better on promoting IPM, to secure domestic rice production, “he said.
Actually, more Dadang, fairly easy to control aphis, ie by monitoring the fields, at least once a week. Fields should be monitored not entirely, just in patches of wetland are used as indicators.
If the rice terraces are indicators on family-aphis tumpun rice found seven tails, and also found in other insects such as spiders and wasps, so be it. Aphis will terkendalai itself naturally.
However, remember Dadang, if in the rice field is an indicator that there are 20 tail aphis or more, it must be aware of. Therefore, conditions that could indicate an epidemic of pests aphis. Pengedalian should be done with the proper insecticide spraying on the rice plant.
“Elections and dosisi insektisidanya to be precise,. Penyempotannya Ways must also be true. Facts on the ground, spraying of insecticides was not done by the farmer / owner of the fields, but by the spray workers. As a laborer, which is important they’ve been doing the spraying, not whether the diseprotakannya insketisida was right on target. Aphis is found in rice straw, which diseprot the top of the bed of rice. Well, werengnya my safe inside the rice stem, “said Dadang
