Comparison the effectiveness of the fumigant phosphine to control warehouse pest insects in soybean seed and bird feed commodities

Abstract

The presence of insect pests of warehouses can affect the quality of commodities stored in warehouses. One of the chemicals used for pest control is phosphine. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of fumigation process with phosphine fumigant on soybean seeds and bird feed that can be seen from the death of pests in storage warehouses in Semarang, Central Java. Identification is carried out in animal taxonomy laboratory, State University of Semarang is carried out by calculating pest death in each type of commodity. after the data is collected, a one-way ANOVA is involved to analyze the data. Phosphine fumigants are very effective for killing warehouse pests insects especially Tribolium castaneum and Ephestia cautella in soybean seed and bird feed commodities. For future warehouse pest control it is recommended to use biopestiside to be safer for food safety.