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TANGGAP TELENOMUS SP. (HYMENOPTERA:SCELIONIDAE) TERHADAP JAMUR ENDOFITIK ENTOMOPATOGEN YANG DIINOKULASIKAN PADA BENIH BRASSICA RAPA L.
Spodoptera litura is an important pest that attacks the foliage of various crops, including those belonging to the Brassicaceae family. This research aimed to determine the effect of endophytic entomopathogenic fungal induction in pak choi seeds as a potential attractant for egg parasitoids. The research employed a randomized block design, and the assays were conducted using an olfactometer across three screening stages. The treatments consisted of a control plant and plants induced with fungal isolates Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Aspergillus niger, Chaetomium sp., Curvularia lunata, and Penicillium citrinum. The final data were analyzed using a t-test. The results showed that the average parasitoid attraction in the first screening was relatively high, with parasitoids demonstrating a greater preference for plants induced with fungal isolates compared to the control plants. In the second screening, parasitoids were predominantly attracted to odor source 2 in the Y tube olfactometer, in which all tests were performed using plants induced with endophytic entomopathogenic fungi without the inclusion of a control treatment. In the third screening, the highest and statistically significant level of attraction was observed in the P. citrinum isolate. This finding indicates that the P. citrinum isolate elicited the strongest attraction response from the parasitoids during the olfactometer assays. In conclusion, egg parasitoids exhibited the highest response toward pak choi plants induced with the endophytic entomopathogenic fungus P. citrinum. Further research, including field trials, is recommended to evaluate the effectiveness of these endophytic entomopathogenic fungal isolates under field conditions.
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