The existence of Dryobalanops sumatrensis and D. oblongifolia subsp. oblongifolia in Indonesia’s natural forest is increasingly threatened due to land use changes and illegal logging leading to the urgent need of conservation actions in the field. Vegetative propagation by shoot cuttings has been proposed as an alternative method, yet there have been still lacks of information regarding the suitable rooting media and the use of shoots from saplings as cutting materials. This study was to evaluate the survival rate, rooting and shoot sprouting abilites of D. sumatrensis and D. oblongifolia subsp. oblongifolia on two different media (mineral soil and peat). Saplings of the D. sumatrensis aged older than 7 years old and D. oblongifolia subsp. oblongifolia aged less than 2 years old were used as cutting materials. The results showed that the survival rate of D. sumatrensis in peat (43.75%) and mineral soil media (43.75%) was lower than D. oblongifolia subsp. oblongifolia in for peat media (54.55%) and minerals soil media (71.88%). The rooting and shoot sprouting percentage of D. sumatrensis in peat and mineral soil media was also lower than D. oblongifolia subsp oblongifolia. This pattern revealed that the media treatment (peat and minerals) did not affect the survival rate and rooting ability of D. sumatrensis shoot cuttings, but has an effect on D. oblongifolia subsp. oblongifolia.

Xystrocera festiva Thoms. (famili Cerambycidae, ordo Coleoptera) classified as the most harmful pest in Sengon (Falcataria moluccana) plantations in Indonesia. The larvae of the pest eat the inner bark and sapwood of the sengon tree since the tree are 3 years old. However, the chemical component(s) of the inner bark and sapwood digested were still unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify chemical components of the tree eaten by the larvae of sengon X. festiva. The materials used for the analysis were the excrement on the bark surface and inside the bark, uneaten sapwood (outher bark), uneaten bark and healthy bark. The result saw that the larvae eat cellulose, hemicellulose, protein and starch contained in the inner bark and sapwood. However in the feces from larval still found hemicellulose, cellulose and protein. This means that all materials could not be digested by the larvae of X. festiva. From the chemical analysis of wood indicated that important larval food of X. festiva was hemicellulose and cellulose.

Heritability values were estimated for three months old seedlings height and diameter of Sengon (Falcataria moluccana) grown in a progeny testing in Kediri, East Jawa, Indonesia. Totally 10.000 seedlings from 100 families were planted, consisting of 50 families from resistant mother trees to boktor pest (Xystrocera festiva) and gall rust disease (Uromycladium falcatariae) and other 50 families from susceptible ones. The progeny testing applied split-plot block design with four blocks, 100 families as sub-plot and resistance to pest and disease as main-plot, while observingnine seedlings as replications. Parameters observed were seedlings height and diameter. ANOVA showed that all treatments had significant and highly significant effects on all parameters. Interactions between block and families also interaction between block and resistance were highly significant. However, the heritability values of height and diameter were both low. These low heritability values at seedling stage were expected as Sengon woods are usually harvested at the age of 5 years. However, the highly significant effects of families on both growth parameters indicated that genetics have high contribution to the seedlings performances in the field.