Using mung bean as a trap crop and biopesticide for control of soybean pest

Abstract

Many pests attack soybean plants and can cause high-yield losses. To reduce crop damage, using chemicals in the field can potentially cause harmful effects on the environment. Using traps-crops, and biopesticides will be tested as an effective and safe control method. The research was done in the dry season of the tidal land of Tumih Village South of Kalimantan. The design used was RCBD which consisted of six treatments and was repeated four times. The treatment tested were 1). Check, 2). Biopesticides 6 times, 3). Biopesticide 4 times, 4). Biopesticides 6 times + mung bean as trap crop 6%, 5). Biopesticides 4 times + mung bean as trap crop 6%, 6. Insecticides 6 times. The results indicated that armyworms Spodoptera litura and Lamprosema indicata were important pests. Armyworm attacks in the vegetative phase reached 82%. However, the yields obtained were around 2,069 to 2,463 t/ha. Soybean yields in treatment plots with 6% trap crop were 1,664 to 1,969 t/ha. Anjasmoro varietal is not recommended In endemic areas of the armyworm.