ALTERNATIVE BIO-PESTICIDE FOR GOLDEN APPLE SNAIL (Pomacea canaliculata)
Keywords:
Bio-pesticide, Pomacea canaliculata, acetylcholinesteraseAbstract
As generally known, the expanding of world population requires more food supply. That phenomenon results in the intensive of agriculture in both agricultural area and yield.Consequently, the agriculturist also applied more pesticide to protect their product.Excessive applied pesticide results in negative effects on the organism. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate an alternative bio-pesticide to control agro-pests. Sensitive plant(Mimosa pudica L.), Bitter bush (Adriana quadripartita (Labill.) Muell.Arg.) and Singaporedaisy (Sphagneticola trilobata (L) Pruski.) are local plant easily found. Some local agriculture uses them to control the pest but it is lack of scientific evidence to support and improve the usage. The ethanol extracted of these three plants was applied as the pesticide to control golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) and its effectiveness was then compared to niclosamide and metaldehyde. The results showed that bitter bush results in highest mortality and accompanied by singapore daisy and sensitive plant. After the exposure, the snail which exposed to bitter bush took a long time than singapore daisy and sensitive plant to recover which identified by its acetylcholinesterase level. However, the effectiveness of these three extracts was lower than niclosamide and metaldehyde. Thus, it should improve its effectiveness before applying in the field.
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