dc.description.abstract | Jember have the potential in terms of agriculture, especially the soybean plant.
Pesticides can cause a bad impact on the environment and human health. The
purpose of this research is description and analysis the use of pesticides by soybean
farmers and pesticide residues (lamda cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, and chlorpyriphos)
at farm soil in the village of sukorejo subdistrict bangsalsari district jember. This
research uses descriptive methods with the purpose of illustrating the use of
pesticides for farmer’s soybeans and the pesticide runoff on the ground. Soil samples
were taken just one point with a depth of 1 cm, 3 cm and 5 cm. The result of the
research indicates that farmer’s have an age average 41 - 60 years old with working
for more than 10 years at agriculture. The majority of farmer’s knowledge in the use
of pesticides is enough. Soybean farmer’s using pesticides brands Kenrel 525/55EC,
Famdatrin 50 EC, and Matador 25 EC with active material Cypermethrin,
Chlorpyriphos, and Lamda Cyhalothrin. Concentrations of pesticides are the most
widely used by 20 cc and pesticides spraying during the growing period by as much
as 3 times. Overall the farmer’s doing the spraying in the morning or evening.
Undetectable pesticide residues or pesticide residues under 0,025 ppm on soil
samples taken. The advices of this research to improve the knowledge of farmers
related to pesticide use and optimize the supervision to the use of pesticides in
farming. | en_US |