Ekstrak Biji Mimba Sebagai Pestisida Nabati: Potensi, Kendala, Dan Strategi Pengembangannya

Neem Seed Extract as a Botanicals Pesticide: Potency, Problem, and Strategy for Its Develop-mentA hight cost of pesticide and effect of chemical pesticide are the main problems in pest control. Alternative pesticide should be found to substitute chemical pesticide. It is should be effective, reducing polution, and economic. The use of botanicals pesticide with a extraction method for production might be an alternative method. Based on this study, Neem Seed Extract (NSE) can be used as botanicals pesticide. NSE acted as a larvicide and an ovicide. NSE acted as a larvicide that delayed larval development, shorthened adult longivity, and decreased fecundity. NSE acted as an ovicide that decreased precentage of eggs hatching. NSE caused motality for castor oil worm Achaea janata 78.9-100%. NSE can be combined with Helicoverpa armigera Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (HaNPV) and can reduce cost of pest control until 63.4%. NSE had been used by stakeholders and they interested to using it. The strategy of botanicals pestiscide development can be done by Farmer Field School