Recognize The Fungus on The Roots Of The Rubber

Recognize The Fungus on The Roots of The Rubber

"White root fungus is caused by one of Rigidiporus Microporus or malignancies of the rubber plant that can cause death and a negative effect on production. Thus the rubber planters should be more intensively supervise the rubber plant, "please Kaltim Etanawati Head Plantation.According to him, this type of fungus attacks the roots of riding as well as lateral roots that can cause death of plants with very high intensity, especially at the rubber plant that has been aged two to four years.

This fungus attacks can occur starting at the nursery, or immature plants (TBM) to generate the plant (TM). Impact of fungal attack is extremely detrimental to rubber growers.

Rubber plant characteristics of this deadly fungus that is on the surface of the infected plant roots covered rubber threads of creamy mushroom and flat like the hair roots.Its leaves are green and dull, withered and died for, followed by plant death. In fact, the fungus can be spread through direct contact between the roots or stumps that are sick with other healthy plant roots.

"White Root Disease Fungi on rubber plants often cause problems in some rubber producing countries, particularly Indonesia and Malaysia. For this reason, we are aggressively doing outreach in order to socialize and rubber farmers to understand and be able to handle it, "explains Etnawati."In some people's rubber plantation in East Kalimantan which has reached an area of ​​656 hectares affected. Among them, cases occurred in West Kutai District, Paser, Balikpapan, Samarinda, Paser Penajam North and East Kutai Kutai, "said Rahman Alwi Yus.

He added, prevention efforts and the introduction of the disease must still be done in order not to be detrimental to the outbreak of the rubber farmers. In addition to the direct dissemination to the rubber growers, extension officers in the District / City of distributing leaflets containing information and preventing disease