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Viorenta, Sartiami D, Maryana N, Watson GW, Zarkani A. 2025. Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on ornamental plants in West Java, Indonesia with a new country species record, and their natural enemies. Biodiversitas 26: 1018-1029. Part of Indonesia's biodiversity in ornamental plants has been developed for the global market. However, one of the...
The mealybug genus Pseudococcus Westwood (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) contains several important agricultural and/or horticultural pests in southern Asia, where information on species diversity and distributions is still incomplete. While studying the mealybug fauna in southern Sumatra, Indonesia in 2022, an undescribed species of Pseud...
Penggunaan pestisida kimia yang berlebihan dalam pengendalian hama padi di Desa Sumber Agung, Bengkulu Utara, telah menimbulkan dampak negatif terhadap lingkungan dan kesehatan. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan pendekatan ramah lingkungan, seperti pemanfaatan tanaman refugia dan musuh alami, untuk mendukung keberlanjutan pertanian padi. Program pengabdi...
Sungai Suci is a part of Bengkulu that is 400 meters above sea level. Sungai Suci is located in a coral coastal area with three ecosystems: the bamboo ecosystem and the sea pine ecosystem; soil arthropods are among the animals that inhabit those two environments. This study aims to look into the variety of soil arthropods in the ecosystem of Sungai...
Planococcus Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) is a genus of mealybug containing 49 species worldwide. Many species of Planococcus are important pests of agricultural crops. Surveys have been set up in Bengkulu Province, Sumatra-Indonesia, on coffee plantations, in 2023. Planococcus bengkuluensis Zarkani & Kaydan sp. nov. was found in...
Lawang Agung Village is situated in Air Periukan District, Seluma Regency, directly adjacent to plantation land owned by PT. Agri Andalas. Waste empty palm fruit bunches (TKKS) or 'jangkos' are an organic compost that can support plant growth. This community service aims to provide training and practical experience in seeding and breeding UNIB hybr...
Jagung merupakan salah satu tanaman pangan penghasil karbohidrat yang paling banyak di konsumsi oleh masyarakat global, selain gandum dan padi. Banyaknya tanaman jagung yang diserang hama dan penyakit dapat mengganggu produktivitas jagung dan perekonomian masyarakat karena tanaman jagung bisa menjadi rusak sehingga dapat mengakibatkan turunnya harg...
Coffee is a leading commodity in Bengkulu Province, whose production still needs to be improved. One of the supporting factors for coffee fruit production is the existence of a good soil arthropod ecosystem. Information regarding the diversity of soil arthropods can be considered in evaluating coffee plants' health. This research aims to obtain ini...
Melon is a fruit plant that has the potential to be developed and can become a superior horticultural product. The demand for melons continuously increases yearly, requiring a large and continuous supply. Fruit must be available at any time in sufficient quantity and quality to be used as an agricultural commodity with high economic value. Diaphani...
Parasitic plants have been known to be attacked by insect pests since ancient times. However, little is known about the mealybug (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) fauna associated with them. A series of surveys of mealybugs found on Loranthaceae, a semi-parasitic plant family, was conducted in several places in Bengkulu Province, southern Su...
In this study, a survey for determining the pseudococcid mealybug (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) complex of bamboo was conducted in several provinces in Sumatra and Java Island-Indonesia, a part of Indo-Asian regions. The research collected 85 mealybug specimens consisting of five species within 4 genera namely Antonina Signoret (2 specie...
Soil ecosystems are ecosystems related to the degradation of organic matter. University of Bengkulu is an area that has two kinds of soil ecosystems; secondary forest ecosystems and park ecosystems. Arthropods are one of the faunas living in the University of Bengkulu campus ecosystem. Camponotus dominates the secondary forest area, while Solenopsi...
Mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) attacks many citrus plants over the world. This study reveals mealybug species attack on citrus grown at three different altitude levels: lowlands (<400 m above sea level (asl)), moderate lands (400-800 m asl), and highlands (>800 m asl) in Bengkulu Province. The results record nine species of mealybugs namely D...
University sites are generally used as conservation areas in many countries. The secondary forest plays pivotal role in maintaining biodiversity in urban area. One of the creatures that live in secondary forest areas is arthropods. Moreover, there is only limited study about the diversity of soil arthropods in secondary forest of University of Beng...
Pseudococcid mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) include economically important insect pests worldwide; however, little is known about the species present in Indonesia. Samples were collected and identified from wild and cultivated plants in several regions of southern Sumatra, Indonesia between 2018 and 2020. Eighteen species of Pse...
Rindu Hati merupakan desa binaan Universitas Bengkulu yang memiliki potensi sumber daya alam berlimpah. Selain sebagai objek wisata alam, desa ini juga berpotensi sebagai objek wisata perikanan, namun belum dioptimalkan. Selain itu, permasalahan sampah organik dampak kunjungan wisatawan menjadi peluang biokonversi maggot Black Soldier Fly (BSF), He...
Planococcus bendovi Williams (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) is a mealybug species that holotype and paratypes specimens were only recorded from India as a single slide. A series of surveys have been set up in Bengkulu province, Indonesia in 2021 and recorded the occurrence of P. bendovi in the country. The species was found on the leaves,...
Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) include economically important insect pests worldwide. However, little is known about mealybug species in Indonesia. Scale insects were collected and identified from natural and cultivated plants in several regions of southern Sumatra, Indonesia between 2018 and 2019. In total, 16 species of Pseudo...
Rastrococcus is a spectacular genus with no close relatives of the family Pseudococcidae that have unique truncate-conical cerarian setae. The survey studies were conducted through random observation on some woody plants in Bengkulu province, southern Sumatra island from 2019 to 2020. The study recorded a presence of Rastrococcus tropicasiaticus Wi...
Coffee Berry Borer (CBB), Hyphotenemus hampei (Ferrari), is well known as scolitin beetle and a worldwide most important pest of coffee. This beetle has caught attention to entomologists worldwide to intensively study and search for the best strategy for controlling this insect. Beauveria bassiana is the most widely implemented biological control a...
Scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorryncha: Coccomorpha) are a very important insect group containing numerous pests of woody and herbaceous plants worldwide. The only complete study of any scale insects in Indonesia was by D.J. Williams on the mealybugs (Pseudococcidae sensu lato), published in 2004; the other scale insect families have only been doc...
A field survey was conducted during 2019, we found a severe systemic yellow mosaic, striped green mosaic on leaves petiole, green spots on the fruit of papaya, leaf malformation, and stunting symptoms on three papaya cultivation area in Rejang Lebong, Kepahiang, Bengkulu Tengah, and Seluma, Bengkulu Province, Indonesia. A begomo-like virus was infe...
First report of Begomovirus infection on papaya in Bengkulu, Indonesia. A field survey was conducted during 2019, wefound a severe systemic yellow mosaic, striped green mosaic on leaves petiole, green spots on the fruit of papaya, leafmalformation, and stunting symptoms on three papaya cultivation area in Rejang Lebong, Kepahiang, Bengkulu Tengah,...
The occurrence of mealybug species, Ferrisa dasylirii (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) was first reported in Indonesia. It was found on Durio zibethinus Murray (Malvaceae), Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) (Fabaceae), Hibiscus spp. (Malvaceae), Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae), Solanum torvum Swartz (Solanaceae), and Theobroma cacao L. (Malvaceae) at...
Natural incidence of entomopathogenic fungus Nomuraea rileyi on Spodoptera frugiperda infesting corn in Bengkulu. Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a new invasive pest in corn. The intensive use of synthetic insecticides for pest control causing various problems such as resistance, pest resurgence, and environmental da...
Background:
Smoking is among the top contributors to deaths and disability-adjusted life years in Indonesia, particularly among males. In 2012, a presidential decree encouraged provinces and districts to implement a smoke-free policy (SFP). This study aims to evaluate compliance and explore the challenges in the implementation.
Methods:
Through...
Usaha sampingan strategis masyarakat seperti ternak unggas dan ikan telah terbukti mampu menopang perekonomian masyarakat desa dan perkotaan, namun kondisi ini mengalami penurunan dan bahkan cendrung ditinggalkan karena terbatasnya sumber pakan alami serta mahalnya harga pakan dampak dari naiknya nilai tukar rupiah dan perubahan iklim yang ekstrim....
Spodoptera frugiperda or Fall Armyworm (FAW) is one of the new pests that attack corn plantations in Indonesia. The pest outbreak was reported in America in 2016 and later spread to Africa and Asia, where it was first reported in Thailand in 2018. In March 2019, the first infestation of FAW in Indonesia was reported on corn in Pasaman, West Sumatra...
ysoxylum mollissimum is a commodity that is widely used as carpentry wood and furniture in Bengkulu. Rastrococcus sp. is one of the pests of D. mollissimum. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the attack of Rastrococcus sp. on saplings, poles and trees D. mollissimum in the campus forest of Bengkulu University. The study was conducted with a...
Abstract: Common sage, Salvia officinalis L., (Lamiaceae) has been economically cultivated in many countries due to its widely used as food and medicines. The sage’s production, however, is still facing significant yield losses because of insect pest attacks including other arthropods. This research is aimed to determine insect pests of S. officina...
Aphis passeriniana (Del Guercio) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) living on sage plant in Turkey is already recorded, but some morphological characterizations are still needed to extend. Here, morphometrics data of A. passeriniana is described from apterous viviparous females (fundatrigeniae and fundatrices) attacking Salvia officinalis Linnaeus (Lamiaceae)...
A survey and laboratory experiments were conducted on incidence rates and economic impact of Eucarazzia elegans (Ferrari) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Salvia officinalis L. (Lamiaceae). The investigations were purposively performed on conventionally grown common sage in Bornova and Menemen, Izmir-Turkey. Experiments were set up with zero, normal and d...
Pengujian Ekstrak Piper retrofractum sebagai Insektisida Nabati
terhadap Crocidolomia pavonana dan Plutella xylostella Serta
Keamanannya terhadap Diadegma semiclausum
Larvae of Hermetia illucens fly (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is an important source of alternative protein and can be used as pellets for feeds. Currently the production of H. illucens larvae is still limited because its rearing depends on palm kernel meal (PKM). The objective of the research is to explore alternative media for rearing, i.e....
The active fraction of hexane extract of Tephrosia vogelii (Tv) leaves was evaluated for this insecticidal activity on second-instar larvae of Crocidolomia pavonana and Plutella xylostella as well as for the safety to the adults of Diadegma semiclausum parasitoid. Fraction (fr) 2-4 of Tv from column chromatography (CC) had strong insecticidal activ...
Testing the insecticidal activity of Piper retrofractum extract on Crocidolomia pavonana and Plutella xylostella and its safety to Diadegma semiclausum.
Active fractions of ethyl acetate extract of Piper retrofractum (Pr) fruits and their mixtures were
evaluated for their insecticidal activity on second-instar larvae of Crocidolomia pavonana and Pl...
Bengkulu provinces is a potential place for a center of production and development of mango. In Bengkulu, mango can produce fruit all year along if it is treated properly. But, the flowers often fail to make fruits because of insects attack. The research was done to know the spesies of insects that attack mango's flowers from three varieties i.e. m...
