Abstract:
Termites (Coptotermes curvignathus L.) is one of the important pests which attack crops, especially in oil palm plantations the newly opened planted on peat. Termites can cause physical damage directly up to 10.8%. During these to control this pest undertaken by farmers is the use of chemical pesticides that can cause damage to the environment and injuries the health of other living organism.Therefore need another tecknologi to control Captotermes curvignathus is the use of Jatropha curcas L which save for environment. This research used Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 4 treatments and five replications. The treatments are without starch of Jatropha curcas on 50 gram of saw dust, 5 gram of starch of Jatropha curcas/50 gram of saw dust, 10 gram of starch of Jatropha curcas/50 gram of saw dust, 15 gram of starch of Jatropha curcas/50 gram of saw dust, 20 gram of starch of Jatropha curcas/50 gram of saw dust. Previous research has gained that Jatropha capable to control the Termites pest, so it needs to be done research to make concentration Effective and efficient in termite control. The results of research showed in concentration 5g/50g sawdust more effective in termite pest control , because concentration 5g/50g sawdust can causing value of mortality by 85%.
