Aplikasi campuran serbuk kayu pinus dan fipronil sebagai umpan rayap tanah Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen) (Isoptera: Termitidae) di Bandung

Authors

  • Amran Amran Sekolah Ilmu dan Teknologi Hayati Institut Teknologi Bandung
  • Intan Ahmad Sekolah Ilmu dan Teknologi Hayati, Institut Teknologi Bandung
  • Ramadhani Eka Putra Sekolah Ilmu dan Teknologi Hayati, Institut Teknologi Bandung
  • Eko Kuswanto Sekolah Ilmu dan Teknologi Hayati, Institut Teknologi Bandung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5994/jei.12.2.73

Keywords:

control, bait imbeded with insecticide, population, worker termites

Abstract

In this study, termite bait comprising pinewood of sawdust and a slow action insecticide, fipronil, was made and applied to control subterranean termite Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen) (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Bandung. Colony size was measured using capture-mark-release-recapture prior to the bait application, along with the measurement of wood consumption at each station.  Colony foraging populations at all stations were estimated to be 77,951 termites, with mean wood consumption rates ranging from 0.02 to 6.16 g/station/day. Observation at 18 stations installed with bait consisted of 40 ppm fipronil mixed with pinewood sawdust showed that number of foraging activity termites was effectively reduced in 40 days. It is concluded that fipronil-treated pinewood sawdust bait is effective in controlling the population of foraging M. gilvus workers in 40 days.

JEI Volume 12 No. 2 Juli 2015

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Published

2016-02-26

How to Cite

Amran, A., Ahmad, I., Putra, R. E., & Kuswanto, E. (2016). Aplikasi campuran serbuk kayu pinus dan fipronil sebagai umpan rayap tanah Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen) (Isoptera: Termitidae) di Bandung. Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia, 12(2), 73. https://doi.org/10.5994/jei.12.2.73

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2015): July

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