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Plastic mulch is one of the cultural practices that can be applied to control white grubs Lepidiota stigma Fabricius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in sugarcane. The strategy needs to be tested for its effectiveness in the broader area before it is disseminated to farmers or other users. This study aims to verify the pest control strategy of plastic mulch to control white grubs L. stigma in areas smallholder sugarcane farms. The study was conducted in Banyuputih Sub-district, Situbondo Regency, East Java, from November 2016 to December 2017. The total area used for this study was 4 ha. The treatments were 100% plastic mulch closure compared with no plastic mulch closure. Installation of plastic mulch is carried out the day after rain (> 4 mm). The experimental design used an unpaired t-test with ten replications for each treatment. The results showed that the application of 100% plastic mulch closure was able to suppress the white grubs population and plant damage. The number of sugarcane population that can be saved from the damage by white grubs were 28%. Plastic mulch practice caused an additional cost of 53%, but this generated additional revenue of 69%. Therefore, the technology of land cover with plastic mulch is feasible in the cultivation of sugarcane farming because it has a B/C ratio of more than 1 and higher than sugarcane without using plastic mulch.

Verification of the Implementation of Land Cover Technology with Plastic Mulch for Control of White Grubs Lepidiota stigma Fabricius in Sugarcane