PENGENDALIAN HAMA LALAT BUAH PRA DAN PASCA PANEN DENGAN TEKNIK IRADIASI
Achmad Nasroh Kuswadi Pusat Aplikasi Teknologi Isotop dan Radiasi – BATAN Jl. Lebak Bulus Raya 49, Jakarta Selatan anakuswa@hotmail ABSTRACT Mango, a horticultural crop, has been extensively cultivated in production centers of many provinces in Indonesia, and the products are exported to increase the provinces’ and national income. However, mango cultivation is facing serious problems of fruit fly pest, that are not only reduce the quantity and the quality of the fruits, but also, as a quarantine pest, become an obstacle to the export. Irradiation techniques could be used to solve such proplems. Sterile insect technique (SIT), by releasing radiosterilized pest, can be used to control the fruit fly pest in the field. When the conditions are suitable, since the SIT can be used to eradicate the pest in an area, a fuit fly free area is possible to be developed. The SIT is a pest control measure which is environmental friendly and sustainable. Meanwhile, to disinfest fruit fly pest in a com...