Biologi larva boktor (Xystrocera festiva Pascoe) dalam makanan buatan (Artificial diet) dengan bahan dasar serbuk kayu sengon (Paraserianthes falcataria)

Abstract

The constraints faced in the development of sengon plantation forest is that i he sengon trees are planted in monoculture condition, they are very susceptible t -oktor (Xystrocera festiva) pest attack. During larvae stadium, boktor pest, in s r h for food, will bore sengon tree stem. This boktor larvae activity causes age on sengon trees, and even could cause death of the sengon plants. Various e • rts to control this pest have been conducted, although the results are still not e ective yet. This phenomenon was related with lack of knowledge concerning goktor larvae, because activities of this larvae occured in the inside parts of s gon trees, which made them difficult to be observed directly in the field. erefore, observation in the laboratory will help providing information on the biol gy of boktor pest, which comprise growth, life cycle, and feeding behavior. Artificial diet is an artificial food consisting of natural ingredients and chemicals with certain amount of dosage as a substitute for host plant for boktor larvae, to allow easy observation in laboratory. Materials used in this research was sengon wood powder comprising those of ijanjarnegara provenance in sick condition, Banjamegara provenance in healtpy condition, Solomon provenance in sick condition, Solomon provenance in healt y condition (each of them has undergone process of freeze dry), yeast extr ct, streptomycin, sucrose, agar, aquadest, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), benzoate, vitamin B, NaCl, dolomite, olive oil and small size boktor larvae (1.5 - 2.3 cm). The observed variables were weight of larvae, length of larvae, diameter of larvae head, and weight of food consumed by the boktor larvae. Measurement and replacement of food was conducted each week for a period of 8 weeks. Results of analysis of variance showed that factor which gave the largest contribution in creating significant effect on larvae growth (larvae weight, larvae lengili, larvae head diameter) and amount of food consumed by boktor larvae, was provenance factor. On the other hand, factor of condition (sick or healthy cond"tion of the trees which provide the wood powder) did not give significant effe on all observed variables during 6 weeks period. Factor of condition exe ed its effect, only during week-7 and week-8. Graph pattern of average gro h of larvae weight and length showed that during week -5, larvae from all treatments, on the average, underwent significant decrease in length and weight. This was because during the week -5, many of the larvae underwent molting. Results of Duncan test showed that provenance which exerted the greatest effect was Solomon provenance. The best growth of boktor larvae was in Solomon provenance with larvae weight increment of 72 mg, larvae length increment of 4.47 pun, and larvae head increment of 0.67 mm. During 8 weeks observation in laboratory, feeding behavior of boktor larvae in artificial diet was similar with fi ing behavior of boktor larvae in trees in the field .