Controlling brown leafhopper pests by spraying pesticides is the last step, our term is firefighting, so next we will do it using TSM.
Purwokerto (MidLand) – The Department of Agriculture and Food Security (Dinpertan-KP) of Banyumas Regency, Central Java, has appealed to farmers to control the brown leafhopper parasite that attacks rice plants in a structured way, systematic and massive (TSM).
“Controlling brown leafhopper pests by spraying pesticides is the last step, our term is firefighting, so next we will do it using TSM,” Banyumas Regency KP Agriculture Department head Jaka Budi said on Wednesday Santosa in Purwokerto, Banyumas.
When controlling leafhopper pests using TSM, he said, his group will spray the fungus Beauveria bassiana (entomopathogenic fungi that can cause diseases in insects, ed.) to become pathogens for leafhoppers, grasshoppers and so on.
Therefore, he said, plant pests can be controlled naturally or without having to use drugs to eradicate plant pests. “Since the drug is actually a poison, if it is excessive it can have a negative impact on the environment. So we will control it in an integrated way, TSM, by planting weeds, for example flowers,” he said.
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According to him, flowers that can be used as refuge plants include sunflowers, kenikir and paper flower plants.
Therefore, he said, his party presented the plan to control plant pests using TSM to the interim regent of Banyumas, Hanung Cahyo Saputro.
“In fact, we have agreed with Bank Indonesia to control plant pests in a structured, systematic and massive way. Furthermore, Bank Indonesia has introduced the use of agricultural drones among farmers in Banyumas to control plant pests,” he has declared.
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While controlling leafhopper pests using agricultural drones in the rice fields of Pegalongan village, Patikraja district, Banyumas, on Friday (3/5), Jaka admitted that the use of agricultural drones was quite effective and efficient compared to the manual method using a manual sprayer.
According to him, this is because spraying natural pesticides using agricultural drones is faster because it can reach 1 hectare at a time in about 20 minutes.
“It is effective because it can cover many areas, efficient because if done manually it costs 900 thousand rupees per hectare, if you use an agricultural drone it costs only 450 thousand rupees per hectare,” he said.
Therefore, he said, agricultural drone pest control will be mandatory in the future due to the limitations of young farmers and this tool is effective and efficient.
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