Arthropods Population in Palm Oil Plantation with and without Applications of Palm Oil Mill Effluent

Abstract

Arthropods role are very important in overhauling organic and inorganic matter, and together with other soil organism, participate in the process of biogeochemical cycles. Environmental factors affect the presence of organisms in the soil, including Arthropods. The factors which affecting the availability of Arthropods in soil are moisture, soil temperature, soil pH and soil organic matter. So it is necessary to study the type and amount of Arthropods contain in land applied by palm oil mill effluent, and as a benchmark on land that is not applied by palm oil mill effluent. This research was conducted to determine the type and amount of arthropods cropland which produce palm oil with the application and without the application of palm oil mill effluent. The research used randomized complete block design with 2 factors and 3 replications. Factor 1: land with application and without the application of palm oil mill effluent, Factor 2: the sampling soil distance of 0 cm, 100 cm, 200 cm, 300 and 400 from the trench of palm oil mill effluent application.