Kemampuan Merusak Hama Bunga Lada DICONOCORIS HEWEtTI DIST.

• Main Authors: Deciyanto Soetopo, NFN Siswanto, Zulfiah Asnawi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Perkebunan 2017-05-01
• Series: Buletin Penelitian Tanaman Rempah dan Obat
• Subjects: Hama; Lada; Rempah; Diconoris hewetti Dist.
• Online Access: http://ejurnal.litbang.pertanian.go.id/index.php/bultro/article/view/6457
• ISSN: 0215-0824; 2527-4414

<p><strong><em>Damaging potency of pepper blossom lace bug </em></strong><strong>Diconoris hewetti <em>DIST (Hemiptera: Tingidae)</em></strong></p><p>This study was carried out at the laboratory of the experimental garden, Petaling, Bangka from February to March 1985. The objective was to find out the damaging potency of pepper blossom lace bug, <em>D. hewetti. </em>A completely randomized design was used, with number of insect 1, 2 and 4 head/bunch and feeding period, 12 and 24 hours in 3 replications. From the result, of this study, showed that the insect was capable of damaging the pepper inflorescence seriously. In 12 and 24 haurs period of feeding, each bug was capable of inflicting 18.96% and 40.67% injury to pepper inflorescence respectively, consisting approximately 70 – 75 flowers/bunch. The increase injury was more than double, although the feeding period was only extenden 2 folds. However, the damaging ability of the individual bug decreased progressively as the bug number/bunch increased, and therefore, this insect could be regarded as solitary.</p>