Abstract
Agroecosystem in cocoa plant was once of the important thing that have to manage intend to make the cacao plantation sustain. Cocoa was the mascot of industrial plant trade in Bali Province including in Tabanan Regency. Cocoa cultivation is almost done by most plantation farmers in Bali. The Bali Government, through the Tabanan Food and Agriculture Office, strongly supports the spread of cocoa cultivation. In 2010, a free seedling assistance policy for farmers was issued in order to obtain uniformity of growth and yield of cocoa plants. The types of cocoa cultivated by farmers vary, so that since 2015 there have been stunting and of cocoa pod rot (CPB). Several studies on cocoa have been carried out, but they have not been able to provide solutions to disease attacks, especially cocoa pod rot. In this regard, this study was conducted to provide solutions in terms of cocoa crop management in order to know how to reduce the percentage of damage to cocoa plants and determine the strategies to manage the Cocoa plant in field. This research shows that the best strategy to reduce the pod rot in cocoa plant is pruning the branch of cocoa. The pruning activity is useful to make the area of cocoa plant well maintained and clean.
Highlights
Indonesia has many vast islands and has very large potential land to develop cocoa as one of the plantation crops and is an important export potential of Indonesia which has world potential (Widnyana, et al 2019)
Several types of diseases can be found in the cultivation of cocoa plants, but the most important and very widespread spread is fruit rot disease and stem cancer which is caused by the fungus Phytophthorapalmivora
The implementation of this research location survey aims to observe cocoa plantations belonging to farmer groups in the Old Village and at the same time interact with the owners of the cocoa plantations, to determine the time of observation at the plantations that are the research sites
Summary
Indonesia has many vast islands and has very large potential land to develop cocoa as one of the plantation crops and is an important export potential of Indonesia which has world potential (Widnyana, et al 2019). According to (Hafsa et al, 2015) cocoa productivity in Indonesia is still low, only reaching 200 kg / ha / year, still far below the productivity potential, which is 2 tons ha / year. One factor is the still low production of cocoa in Indonesia due to disease attacks on cocoa plants. Increasing cocoa fruit production is not easy, because the obstacles faced often occur in the field. These problems are pest and disease disorders. Several types of diseases can be found in the cultivation of cocoa plants, but the most important and very widespread spread is fruit rot disease and stem cancer which is caused by the fungus Phytophthorapalmivora.
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