Environmentally Friendly Pest Control Technology for Two Major Rice Pests Rattus argentiventer and White Rice Stem Borer Scirpophaga innotatain Rainfed Rice Fields in Indonesia
Abstract. The types of pests that reduce rice grain yields are the rat R. argentiventer and the rice pest S. innotata. This chapter aims to provide information on technology to control rats and white rice stem borers effectively, efficiently, and environmentally friendly. The results of the study showed that the most effective control of S. innotata pests using botanical insecticides was the use of neem seed extract and yam bean seeds with a rice damage rate of around 13.4% and lower than the control which reached 15.24–19.05% in the vegetative phase and the generative phase only reached 9.36% and 11.41% and much lower than the control (20.00%). The most effective and environmentally friendly rat pest control technology is the use of the Trap Barrier System (TBS) and the Linear Trap Barrier System (LTBS), which can reduce the rat population by around 25–65%. Rat pest control with eagle predators (Tyto alba) can reduce the level of damage to rice plants due to rat pest attacks by around 2-5 rats per day.
