Abstract:
The growth rate of a plant is inseparable from the health of the plant itself. Palm plants have many benefits ranging from fruit to being nira. The fruit can be used as a medicine of various diseases and as a mixture of drinks, while nira can be used as a drink and processed flour so that it is necessary to know the health condition of this palm plant. The purpose of this study is to identify the health condition of palm plants at the tree level in Lobang Baru Village, Pengaron District Banjar Regency South Kalimantan. Identification of palm plants using a plot purpossive sampling with criteria where it has a lot of palm plants and has the appropriate density. The plot method used is a method of 10 plots of fiddly paths using a plot size of 20 x 20m at the growth rate of trees. Identification of the health of palm plants is done by descriptive observation based on the classification of Enviromental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). The location of damage to the largest part of the tree is located on the leaves that are vulnerable to pests and diseases both at the time of seedlings and other levels of palm tree growth, found 7 types of damage that occur to palm trees with the greatest damage to damaged leaves and other damage, the severity of damage is dominated by a percentage of 30-39% on the damage that occurs. Based on the three existing damage levels, the percentage of palm crop damage in this study globally was 13.3%.
