BEHAVIOR OF MANGOSTEEN LEAFMINER PEST FROM TWO DIFFERENT TYPES ON MANGOSTEEN AND FORM OF DAMAGE
Wilna Sari
DIII Study Programs Agriculture, College of Agriculture Haji Agus Salim, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra
Corresponding author: wilna.sari@ymail.com
ABSTRACT
Mangosteen comes from the region of Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. It known as the queen of fruit. Various efforts have been done to increase the production of mangosteen to become an export commodity in Indonesia. Many of these plants are attacked by pests and diseases. Pests find in the leaves of which are pests of family Gracillariidae. Each of these pests have a very distinct morphology and forms of damage. Based on it, research aimed to know the shape of each leaf with a mangosteen leafminer pests and its natural enemies. This research was conducted in Bogor regency. The study was conducted on mangosteen seeds. Then calculated the length of line every day until the larvae enter the prapupa. For natural enemies are obtained by taking the larvae and pupal stages of pests and maintained until the parasitoids appear. Mangosteen leafminer form mines likes straight and twisted, and mangosteen peelminer is widened. This pests always find in the upper surface of the leaves at the tip and base. Natural enemies are Hymenopteran parasitoids: Chrysocharis sp., AChrysocharis sp., and Tetrastichus sp. (Eulophidae); Elasmus sp. (Elasmidae) and each of the species of the Family Encyrtidae, Braconidae, and Eurytomidae.
Keywords: mangosteen, mangosteen leafminer, natural enemies, parasitoid