Penggunaan Beberapa Jenis Daun Tanaman Sebagai Perangkap Terhadap Keong Emas (Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck) Pada Tanaman Padi Sawah (Oryza sativa Linnaeus) di Desa Kolongan Kabupaten Minahasa Utara

Abstract

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a primary need for the people of Indonesia. One of the main pests in rice plants is the golden snail. The potential damage that can be caused by golden snails ranges from 10% - 40%. Current control measures for golden snails only rely on synthetic pesticides that can cause negative impacts. The use of several types of plant leaves as traps is an alternative that can be applied to control golden snail pests in rice plants. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the use of several types of plant leaves as traps against golden snails (P. canaliculata) on paddy rice plants (O. sativa) in Kolongan Village, North Minahasa Regency. The research method used a completely randomized design (CRD) method with 4 treatments and 5 replicates, namely: (P1) Papaya leaf, (P2) Banana leaf, (P3) Taro leaf, (P4) Control. The research location is Kolongan Village, North Minahasa Regency which has rice paddy plantations in the vegetative phase. The results of this study showed that the average population of golden snail pests, namely papaya leaves averaged 20.89 individuals, taro leaves averaged 17.15 individuals, banana leaves 6.21 individuals and controls 4.4 individuals. This shows that papaya leaves and taro leaves are effectively used as an environmentally friendly control technique to control golden snail pests in paddy rice plants.