JOURNAL OF WETLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Vol 3, No 1 (2015): January-June

Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccencis) Health at Nursery

Dina Naemah (Faculty of Forestry, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru)
Hat Mayani Diah Ningrum (Consortium for Sustainable Tropical Forest Management, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Jan 2015

Abstract

Gaharu (Aquilaria malaccencis) is a tree species included in Thymelleaceae family, Agarwood can grow inlowland as well as mountains, up to 750 m above sea level. The average temperature required is 32 ° C andthe average humidity is 70%, with annual rainfall of about 2000 mm. This plant produces a resin powderwhich has a distinctive aroma fragrance infected due to fungal diseases (fungi) that enter through the trunkwound. The objective of this study is to identify the characteristics of attack which causes damage to theagarwood plant seedlings (Aquilaria malaccencis) and to elucidate the intensity of pests and diseases onagarwood plant seedling (Aquilaria malaccencis). By using code of Environmental Monitoring andAssessment Program (EMAP) which had been modified so that it was obtained the damage cause, damagedparts of plants, the type and the level of severity of damage suffered by the plant. Based on the results, datashowed that the biggest cause of the damage suffered by the agarwood plant was a disease characterized bysymptoms on the leaves where the damage type was in the form of leaf discoloration with the level ofseverity of 20-29%. The intensity of damage was 44. 66%, damage due to pest was 8%, and damage due toillness was 32%.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijwem

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Earth & Planetary Sciences Engineering Environmental Science

Description

Journal of Wetlands Environmental Management is an international journal that publishes authoritative and original articles on topics relevant to freshwater, brackish and marine coastal wetland ecosystems. The Journal serves as a multi-disciplinary forum covering key issues in wetlands science, ...