Biodiversity of herbivorous insects in rice organic and inorganic ecosystem

Abstract

Since many years, presence and activities of herbivorous insect very crucial in the agricultural ecosystem. Purpose of the research is to study biodiversity of herbivorous insect in the rice organic and inorganic ecosystem. The research was conducted in Salassae village, Bulukumba Regency, South Sulawesi from June to August 2021. The herbivorous insect from organic and inorganic ecosystem was carried out and identified at the Pest Laboratory, Department of Plant Pest and Diseases, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University Makassar. The places used in the research divided into organic and inorganic rice ecosystem, with measurement 25 m x 25 m, respectively. The insect samples collected used ubinan system methods with diagonal intersection applied for pitfall trap. The samples from organic and inorganic ecosystem analyzed by Shannon-Wiener Index Diversity. The result of Shannon-Wiener Index was showed the higher number of herbivorous insects in the inorganic rice ecosystem (H’ = 1.71) with population about 391 individual (51%). In contrast, result of organic ecosystem (H’ = 1.68) lower than inorganic. Conclusion of the research: 1) the higher number of herbivorous insects in the inorganic rice ecosystem (H’ = 1.71), the lowest result from organic ecosystem (H’ = 1.68); 2) the highest rice harvest higher the organic ecosystem (297 kg) and the lowest in the inorganic (279.2 kg).