Research Paper
Year: 2022 | Month: October | Volume: 9 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 315-324
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20221038
Impact of Integrated Pest Control Field School Activities on Community Empowerment in Deli Serdang Regency (Case Control of Fusarium Wilt Disease on Musa acuminata L. Plants)
Lita Nasution1, Abdul Rahman Cemda2
1,2Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Lita Nasution
ABSTRACT
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp cubense is bad disease for barangan banana plants specially in Sinemba Tanjung Muda Hilir district, North Sumatera (Indonesia) and its control was primarily carried out in 2003 by the agriculture department through Balai Besar Perbenihan Tanaman Perkebunan Hortikultura or BPTPH (Center for Food Crops and Horticulture Protection) to community of banana farmer in the district through integrated pest control field school or IPCFS (or in Bahasa Indonesia it is called Sekolah Lapangan Pengendalian Hama Terpadu (SLPHT)). The studies were conducted to know the impact of the IPCFS to banana’s farmer in Deli Serdang (case of Panama wilt disease). The studies used the survey method by correlation of parametric Pearson product moment approach with statistical product and service solution (SPSS 13 version) to examine the rain climate and Panama wilt disease on 2001 until 2006 and tried to know the impact of social economic and cultural aspect using Leopold modified method. The result shows that the IPCFS can control Panama wilt disease at banana plant and contribute the positive impact in economic aspect.
Keywords: Impact, IPCFS, barangan banana plants, case control, fusarium wilt disease
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