Monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / Noor Lailatul Shuhada Hamzah

Hevea bransiliensis was originally a native tree from Amazon. In early 20th century, it was introduced in Africa. The termite species, Coptotermes curvignathus began to attack the rubber plant from the roots of dead wood and the base around the stem of rubber. The main objective of the study is to i...

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Main Author: Hamzah, Noor Lailatul Shuhada
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018
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description Hevea bransiliensis was originally a native tree from Amazon. In early 20th century, it was introduced in Africa. The termite species, Coptotermes curvignathus began to attack the rubber plant from the roots of dead wood and the base around the stem of rubber. The main objective of the study is to identify and investigate the number of termites around rubber crop by using Termite Baiting System. Rotten wooden stick and cardboard in the PVC plastic pipe were used as their baits to attract the termite. These baits need to be moist because Coptotermes curvignathus’s body easier to dry out. The Seasonal climatic conditions which is wet season also can exert a strong influence on insect number and activity. The daytime in collecting the Coptotermes curvignathus which is during early morning is important due to its peak raiding activity. The number of termites that have been collected in PVC were killed by using Ridsect and the data were recorded. At the end of six weeks, the number of Coptotermes curvignathus decreased. Test of normality shown that the data is normally distributed (p > 0.05). The ANOVA Test was carried out, showing that there was significant difference in term of population number of Coptotermes curvignathus among the collection (p < 0.05).
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spelling uitm-227442020-08-03T01:46:56Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22744/ Monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / Noor Lailatul Shuhada Hamzah Hamzah, Noor Lailatul Shuhada Pests and diseases Pest control and treatment of diseases. Plant protection Hevea bransiliensis was originally a native tree from Amazon. In early 20th century, it was introduced in Africa. The termite species, Coptotermes curvignathus began to attack the rubber plant from the roots of dead wood and the base around the stem of rubber. The main objective of the study is to identify and investigate the number of termites around rubber crop by using Termite Baiting System. Rotten wooden stick and cardboard in the PVC plastic pipe were used as their baits to attract the termite. These baits need to be moist because Coptotermes curvignathus’s body easier to dry out. The Seasonal climatic conditions which is wet season also can exert a strong influence on insect number and activity. The daytime in collecting the Coptotermes curvignathus which is during early morning is important due to its peak raiding activity. The number of termites that have been collected in PVC were killed by using Ridsect and the data were recorded. At the end of six weeks, the number of Coptotermes curvignathus decreased. Test of normality shown that the data is normally distributed (p > 0.05). The ANOVA Test was carried out, showing that there was significant difference in term of population number of Coptotermes curvignathus among the collection (p < 0.05). Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22744/1/22744.pdf Hamzah, Noor Lailatul Shuhada (2018) Monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / Noor Lailatul Shuhada Hamzah. (2018) (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Pests and diseases
Pest control and treatment of diseases. Plant protection
Hamzah, Noor Lailatul Shuhada
Monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / Noor Lailatul Shuhada Hamzah
title Monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / Noor Lailatul Shuhada Hamzah
title_full Monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / Noor Lailatul Shuhada Hamzah
title_fullStr Monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / Noor Lailatul Shuhada Hamzah
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / Noor Lailatul Shuhada Hamzah
title_short Monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / Noor Lailatul Shuhada Hamzah
title_sort monitoring termite population at rubber plantation using termite baiting system / noor lailatul shuhada hamzah
topic Pests and diseases
Pest control and treatment of diseases. Plant protection
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22744/