Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) latex as an alternative organic insect trap / Arvin C. Solo, Jerlyn T. Rico, Ma. Cristine Q. Ritas.

Thesis Bachelor of Science in Biology University of Rizal System 2018

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The study was conducted to investigate the potential of jackfruit latex as an organic insect trap in the University of Rizal System, Barangay Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal during the First Semester of School Year 2017-2018. Experimental method was utilized using commercial and organic insect trap from jackfruit latex with six replications each. The variables include number, size and number of species of insects trapped in commercial and organic insect traps used in market, household and food stalls. The findings of the study were: the result of the effect of commercial and organic insect trap placed in the three areas showed that the organic insect trap from jackfruit latex caught more insects as compared to commercial insect trap particularly in the market area. In terms of size of the insects trapped, organic insect trap caught more number of small sized insect as compared to commercial insect traps. Most of the medium sized insects were caught by the organic insect trap. While the highest number of large sized insects were recorded at the commercial insect trap. The organic insect trap and the commercial insect trap have almost the same number of species of trapped insects. Following the results of the study there is a significant difference between organic insect trap from jackfruit latex and commercial insect trap in numbers of insects trapped placed in market, household and food stall. In terms of size of the insects, there is no significant difference between organic insect trap from jackfruit latex and commercial insect trap in small sized insects but the medium and large sized insects showed significant difference. In the number of species of insects trapped, the result shows that there is no significant difference between organic insect trap from jackfruit latex and commercial insect trap because they have almost the same number of species of insects trapped. In accordance with the findings of the study, the researchers recommend that jackfruit latex may be used as an alternative insect trap. The same study may also be conducted in other area of concern such as farmlands. Identification of the species of insects trapped and the variety of jackfruit may also be included. Chemical analysis of jackfruit latex may be considered for more detailed information of its chemical composition.