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The Farmer Behavior Using Perticide in Maize (Zea mays L.) a) Department of Plant Pests and Diseases, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University Abstract Pesticides is the toxic compounds that contain synthetic chemical and most popularly used by farmers in crop management. The harmful of synthetic material contained in pesticides are capable of rapidly killing target organisms. However, continuous use of pesticides killed more natural enemies as the important biological agent to control insect pests. The pesticide residues product from chemical compound as the main source of environmental pollution. The purpose of the research is to determine the behavior of farmers used pesticides in the maize plantation. The research was conducted in Tenri Pakkua village, Bone Regency, South Sulawesi Indonesia, from January to March 2020. The research activities used a survey method in the form of interviews used a questionnaire to 35 farmers as a respondent. The results was showed that 97.15% of respondent controlled weed used herbicides, then 2.85% of respondents chose to control manually for the same weed. In addition, 62.86% of the respondent used herbicides for more than four years, about 28.57% used herbicide with average more than two years, respectively. The most insecticides used by respondent to control insect pests in maize from the active ingredients such as: Permethrin (42.87%), Fipronil (14.29%), Lambda-cyhalothrin (11.44%) and Metomil (8, 58%), respectively. The active ingredients roles as respiratory poison to insect. The result was showed that farmers prefer used pesticides in the form of synthetic herbicides and insecticides because the results are obvious, they quickly kill the target organism, the application does not require special skills and is easy to obtain (commercially available). Keywords: herbicide, insecticide, permetrine, maize, respondent Topic: Integrated Pest and Disease Management |
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