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Aktivitas Larvisida Minyak Atsiri Rimpang Kunyit Putih (Curcuma Zedoaria) terhadap Larva Aedes aegypti

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White turmeric (Curcuma zedoaria) has an active substance in the form of volatile oils that have been alleged potential as larvacide. This was an experimental study aimed to determine the white turmeric rhizome volatile oils' activity against the in star 4 larvae Aedes aegypti. The concentrations used were 15.2 ppm, 30.3 ppm, 60.5 ppm, 121 ppm, 242 ppm. Furthermore, a positive control (temefos 1%) and negative control (CMC Na 1%) with 4 times replication for each treatment were applied. White turmeric volatile oil was obtained by steam distillation method. The observation for 24 hours to test the volatile oils' activity as larvicide were tested with Anava. The p value ~ 0.000 was obtained, which means at least there was difference of larvae mortality in the two groups. The results post-hoc analysis (LSD) showed that there were differences in the number of dead larvae between the treatments in the positive control group to all various levels treatment of white turmeric rhizome volatile oil concentration (P

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Majalah FK. Universitas Kristen Indonesia27(3)2010

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Jakarta : FK Universitas Kristen Indonesia., 2010

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5p.

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0216-4752

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aedes
LARVA
Curcuma

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