Spodoptera litura as a main pest in oil palm peat plantation

Nowadays oil palm plantation is attacked by Spodoptera litura especially in peat land plantation. This research was aimed to find out the types of host plants most preferred by larvae of S. litura. This research was conducted in 2 stages, the 1st stage used Randomized Block Design Factorial consisting of 2 factors, which was the origin of the larvae and the comodity with 16 combinations of treatments, the 2nd stage used Non Factorial Randomized Block Design with 2 treatment combinations, P1: Oil palm + Coconut + Sugar palm + Areca nut + Soybean + Green bean + Peanut+ Mucuna bracteata + 40 S. litura original from Oil palm, and P2: Oil palm + Coconut + Sugar palm + Areca nut + Soybean + Green bean + Peanut + Mucuna bracteata + 40 S. litura original from Soybean. The results showed that the preference of S. litura original from oil palm to the tested plants were Mucuna bracteata, Soybean, Green bean, Peanut, Oil palm, Areca nut, Sugar palm and Coconut. The preference of S. litura original from Soybean to the tested plants were Soybean, Mucuna bracteata, Peanut, Green bean, Oil palm, Areca nut, Coconut and Sugar palm.