Bio-pesticide Team

1. Explore plant species in order to search for new potential plants as insecticides. Some plant families can be explored such as Clusiaceae etc. This research is testing several potential extract plants for other important insects, such as brown plant hopper, tomato borer, diamond back moth and Crocidolomia pavonana. Candidate plant extracts such as Zingiberaceae, Meliaceae and Piperaceae are being investigated for fungicidal activities against wilt diseases on banana, stem rot disease on vanilla and various diseases on vegetables. At the moment, Indonesian patented insecticides, BIOTA-L and FRONTIR are currently on-farm trials to determine its sustainable efficacy in both fruit and vegetables fields.

Treatment of BIOTA-L against the Vanilla diseases
Non-treated	Treated with BIOTA-L
Botanical pesticide under this project
FRONTIR	BIOTA-L

2. Isolate active components from potential plants such as Meliaceae, Annonaceae, Pipieraceae and Clusiaceae etc.

Efficacy of botanical pesticide in cabbage field

3. Formulate the extract mixture for commercial products in an established factory.

4. Conduct integrated farming system by adopting several strategies in controlling vegetable insect pests including application of developed botanical pesticides.

5. Obtain patent rights and develop new strategies in controlling pests on crops as the teams ultimate goal.