Toxicity of essential oils against termite Macrotermes gilvus Hagen (Blattodea: Termitidae)

Abstract

Termites are widely known by the public as a pest building. The level of attacks is increasing from year to year. Nowadays, termite control using synthetic pesticides, their use is becoming increasingly uncontrollable that it is very dangerous to human safety. Therefore, the innovative research needed to produce a natural pesticide that is safe for the environment. Research on the use of natural materials as a natural biopesticide control technology innovation that is needed today. Natural materials such as Syzgium aromaticum, Myristica fragran, Cinnamomum osmophleum, Areca catechu has a compound that can be used as a termite control Macrotermes gilvus Hagen. The statistical test data used was a two-way ANOVA test to Determine the effect of essential oils on termite mortality, while to Determine the essential oil that had a significant effect on termite mortality, the Tukey HSD test was used. The purpose of this study was to analyze the active compounds of Syzgium aromaticum, Myristica fragran, Cinnamomum osmophleum, Areca catechu to control subterranean termites gilvus M. Hagen. The conclusions of this study are compounds Syzgium aromaticum, Myristica fragran, Cinnamomum osmophleum, and Areca catechu with a concentration of 10% has the potential to control subterranean termites M. gilvus Hagen.