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Efektivitas Pengawetan Sengon (Paraserianthes Falcataria) Menggunakan Ekstrak Daun Sirsak Terhadap Serangan Rayap Tanah
ABSTRACT
Sengon (Paraserianthes falcataria) belongs to the low durability class,
namely durability class IV-V, which is susceptible to attacks by wood-destroying
organisms. In an effort to increase the service life and durability value of sengon
wood, preservation was carried out using natural ingredients in the form of
soursop leaf extract, which is known to contain acetogenin compounds as natural
insecticides. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of soursop leaf extract
at optimal concentrations and immersion times on the resistance of sengon wood
to termite attacks. This study employed a completely randomized design (CRD)
factorial pattern with two factors: preservative concentration at three levels (6%,
8%, 10%) and immersion duration at two levels (48 and 72 hours), followed by a
DNMRT test at a 5% confidence level. The observed parameters included: sengon
moisture content, sengon density, preservative retention, damage degree, termite
mortality, and sengon weight loss. The results showed that the average moisture
content of sengon was 12%, the average density of sengon wood was 0.5 g/cm³
(low density), and the best treatment was a concentration of 10% with a soaking
time of 72 hours, which produced the highest retention value (0.0115 g/cm³), the
highest termite mortality (99.7%), the lowest weight loss of the test samples
(3.2%), and the lowest degree of damage at 1.35% with wood durability class I.
Soursop leaf extract has proven effective as a natural preservative to enhance the
durability of sengon wood against termite attacks.
Keywords: Paraserianthes falcataria, wood preservation, soursop leaves,
subterranean termites, wood durability
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