Serangan Hama dan Penyakit pada Pertanaman di Beberapa Desa di Kecamatan Air Kumbang

Abstract

Umayah, A., Lubis, R. B., Lubis, A. A., Nuraini, S., Priani, D., Ramawati, R., & Cahyani, I. (2023). Pest and disease attacks on plantations in several villages in Air Kumbang Subdistrict. In: Herlinda S et al. (Eds.), Prosiding Seminar Nasional Lahan Suboptimal ke-11 Tahun 2023, Palembang 21 Oktober 2023. (pp. 370-379). Palembang: Penerbit & Percetakan Universitas Sriwijaya (UNSRI).

South Sumatra has 83.87% of the population whose livelihood is in the agricultural sector. The correlation of farmer scores with the average intensity of pests and diseases shows a minus value the smaller the farmer’s score, the greater the intensity of pest attacks in the field. The value of the correlation analysis of farmer scores with the intensity of pest attacks and diseases shows 0.60%. This study aimed to analyse pests and diseases found in the Air Kumbang District. The method used in this research is a direct survey in the field with systematic sampling or interval sampling. The results showed a correlation of farmers' scores with the number of pest types 0.28% and disease types 0.16%. The main diseases of long bean plants include the mosaic virus some cases show an attack of up to 42.85%, while the yellow virus can cause a 32.70% attack. The higher the attack percentage, the more it will inhibit plant photosynthesis, while the lowest pest-affected chilli plants have the highest average yields of 52.33 g and 57.2 g respectively. This study concludes that the negative correlation value shows that if the insight into the behaviour of farmers using pesticides is small, it tends to contradict and increase the intensity of pests and diseases. Research on pests and diseases should be well understood in order to facilitate researchers in the research process. Knowledge in research on pests and diseases should be understood more deeply in order to facilitate researchers in the research process.