Potensi Air Perasan Jahe Merah (Zingiber officinale Rosc) sebagai Larvasida Aedes aegypti

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The purpose of the study was to determine the LC50 value of red ginger juice as larvicide Ae . aegypti. The method used in this study was an experiment using a completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of 5 treatments and 5 replications. 24 hour LC50 values and 48 hours of red ginger juice are 2.234% and 1.987%. Significant value of p < 0.05 showed that red ginger juice had significant effect on killing larvae Aedes aegypti, while the concentration that caused the death of 50% of the test larvae was 2.234% in susceptibility within 24 hours, and 1.987% in susceptible within 48 hours.