Forests provide protection, food, and habitats for wild animals such as monkeys, birds, bats, squirrels, and weasels that depend on the fruits and seeds from the trees. Due to human’s activities, the functions of the forest in Bacan Island have decreased significantly in terms of numbers, kinds, and important value index. Local people have conversed forests into agricultural lands. As a result, the existence of natural resources especially trees, which supply nutrients for wild animals such as monkeys, birds, bats, squirrels and weasels, is being threatened. The current study aimed to investigate the composition and important value index of every type of plants used for wildlife feed. An inventory method was employed in plots of 20 m × 20 m for tree-level observation. This method would be useful to obtain the list of plant composition for wildlife feed and to determine some vegetation parameters including the density, domination, frequency, and important value index of the plants. This research showed that Duobanga moluccana, Drancontomelon dao, Bacacaurea anguilata Merr, Theobroma cacao, Mangifera indica, Canarium casferum, Myristica fatua and Myristica sperciosa are the composition of plants that could supply nutrients for the wild animals. The highest important value index (IVI) (52.78%) was observed in Drancontomelon dao. Medium IVI which ranged from (31.47-44.42%) was reported by Duobanga moluccana, Bacacaurea anguilata Merr, Theobroma cacao, Canarium casferum, Myristica fatua and Myristica sperciosa. Meanwhile, the lowest IVI (29.52%) was found in Mangifera indica.

AbstrakHama merupakan hewan yang merusak tanaman dan umumnya merugikan para petani dari segi ekonomi, maka manusia selalu akan memperhatikannya, guna meningkatkan hasil pertanian, jika tidak hasil panennya akan menurun. Adapun tujuan penelitian inim untuk mengetahui keanekaragaman jenis hama yang menyerang tanaman cabai merah. Metode penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif kualitatif, dengan menggunakan perhitungan indeks keanekaragaman jenis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Jenis hama yang ditemukan pada tanaman cabe merah terdiri dari jenis  Locusta migratoria manilensis, Gryllus mitratus, Grylloptalpa africana, Lycosa sp, Spodoptera litura L., Mycus percicae, Planococus citri, Aulocophora sp,  Epilachna argus. Populasi hama tertinggi adalah ulat grayak (Spodoptera litura L.) dan jenis yang memiliki populasi terendah yaitu orong-orong (Grylloptalpa africana). Keankaregaman jenis hama pada tanaman cabe merah memiliki nilai keragaman sebesar H’ = 1,825, maka dikategorikan keanekaragaman jenis sedang.Kata kunci: Jenis hama, Tanaman Cabe, Keanekaragaman jenis AbstractPest is a destructive animal for plants and is generally harming the farmers in terms of economic aspect. Thus, people always put their attention to it in order to increase the produce otherwise the harvest will be decreased. The research aimed to find out the diversity of pest type attacking chili pepper crop. The research method was qualitative descriptive using the calculation of diversity index. The research result indicates that the types of pest found in chili pepper crop were: Locusta migratoria manilensis, Gryllus mitratus, Grylloptalpa africana, Lycosa sp, Spodoptera litura L., Mycus percicae, Planococus citri, Aulocophora sp, and Epilachna argus. The highest population was taro caterpillar (Spodoptera litura L.) and the lowest was mole cricket (Grylloptalpa Africana). The diversity of pest in chili pepper has diversity value of H’ = 1.825 and it categorized as medium diversity.Keywords: Type of pest, Chili pepper, Type diversity

Abstract. Tolangara A, Corebima AD, Mas'ud A, Sundari. 2020. Short Communication: Genetic diversity of lemon (Citrus spp.) from Ternate Island (Indonesia) based on morphological and molecular characters. Biodiversitas 21: 1908-1913. One effort to build the image of Indonesian lemon can be by utilizing local genetic resources of Citrus spp. One of the growth centra lemon regions in North Maluku is Ternate Island. In Ternate island, cui (C. macrocarpa) is dominantly cultivated besides that there are Suanggi (C. histryx), nipis (C. aurantiifolia), and lemon (C sinensis). The genetic diversity of these local lemons in North Maluku, especially in Ternate, has not been scientifically reported. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the genetic diversity of local lemons found on the island of Ternate based on morphological character and RAPD molecular analyses. A total of 12 accessions of local lemons in Ternate island to studied for morphological and molecular characters. Observation of morphological and morphometric characters of the lemons on 117 characters of vegetative and generative organs in lemons. Observation of molecular characters using three primers, i.e.: OPA1, OPA 2, and OPA 3 in the RAPD technique. The morphological character and molecular character using UPGMA analysis showed similar results. Ternate Island has moderate diversity of lemon species (75% based on morphological characters and 73% based on RAPD markers). Cluster analysis indicates that cui (C. macrocarpa) has the most distinctive autapomorphic character compared to the other local lemon varieties. Nipis (C.auratiifolia) and Suanggi (C. hystrix) shared 75% synapomorphic character similarity. This genetic diversity information provides a novel insight into the lemon commodity breeding programs which can be encouraged through the selection of superior local lemons based on morphological and molecular markers.

AbstrakSerasah mangrove berperan penting dalam kesuburan perairan pesisir. Serasah mangrove yang terdekomposisi akan menghasilkan unsur hara yang diserap oleh tanaman dan digunakan oleh jasad renik di lantai hutan dan sebagian lagi akan terlarut dan terbawa air surut ke perairan sekitarnya. Penelitian dilakukan dengan cara menghitung penyusutan bobot serasah awal yang terdekomposisi kemudian membandingkan bobot serasah yang terdekomposisi tiap bulan. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh tingkat kedalaman tanah yang dapat mempercepat proses dekomposisi serasah. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kedalaman tanah berpengaruh terhadap laju dekomposisi serasah jenis Avecennia lanata,  tiap kedalaman tanah memiliki jenis dan jumlah mikroorganisme yang berbeda-beda, kondisi ini akan dapat berpengaruh terhadp laju dekomposisi serasah dan tingkat kedalaman 10 cm yang paling berpengaruh terhadap laju dekomposisi serasah Avecennia lanata yaitu yaitu sebesar 0,29-0,39 gram/hari. Kata kunci: dekomposisi serasah, Avecennia lanata, Tingkat kedalaman tanah AbstractMangrove litters play important role in coastal water fertility. The decomposed mangrove litters will produce nutrient absorbed by plants and some of them will be used by microorganisms in wood floor and the other will be dissolved and carried by the low tide to the surrounding waters. The research was conducted by calculating the depreciation of the initial weight of the decomposed litters and comparing it to the decomposed litter weight every month. The research aimed to find out the influence of soil depth that could accelerate litters decomposition process. The research result indicated that soil depth influenced the decomposition rate of Avecennia lanata litters. Each soil depth had different type and number of microorganisms. The condition would influence the decomposition rate of the litters. Soil depth of 10 cm was the most influential on the decomposition rate of Avecennia lanata litters, which was 0.29-0.39 gram/day. Keywords: litters decomposition, Avecennia lanata, Soil depth