Effects of Piper aduncum Extract on Snail Mortality in Moringa Cultivation

Abstract

Synthetic pest control has negatively impacted the environment. Piper aduncum (forest betel) is a wild plant with potential as a botanical pesticide. Snails often attack 1-3 month-old moringa seedlings, and forest betel has pesticidal properties that can eliminate the snails attack. This research objective was identify  effective part of forest betel to control snail. This research was conduct on the Forest Fiber Technology Research and Development Center (BP2TSTH)’s nursery on Kuok, Kampar, Riau. This research used Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three treatments and five replications. Extract from forest betel fruit, twigs, and leaves were applied to snails on moringa seedlings, and the effects were observed for initial death, lethal time 50 (LT50), and daily mortality. Result indicated that botanical pesticides extracted from the fruit, twigs, and leaves of forest betel have similar abilities to control snails on moringa. However, each extract showed low efficacy, affecting only 40–60% of the snails, with initial death times ranging from 6.4 to 8.8 hours after application and LT50 values of 21 to 46.4 hours.