Tati Suryati Syamsudin
Many chili cultivation activities in West Java are carried out on vegetable centers with the distribution of locations from lowlands to highlands. Tanjungsari District with a height of around 850 m above sea level, is one of the vegetable centers found in Sumedang-West Java. High economic value, and increasing demand is one of the attraction factors in the high interest of farmers to cultivate this plant. Fruit flies, Bactrocera spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae) is one of the potential pests that is very detrimental to the production of fruits and vegetables, both quantity and quality (Rouse et al., 2005; Copeland et al., 2006). Control carried out by farmers to date requires high control costs and lacks satisfactory results. In addition to the high cost needed, control with synthetic insecticides has a negative impact that is quite serious, because some fluids are not about the target, there is a waste and not RA. Synthetic insecticides cause the killing of useful insects / not targets, including the pollinators or natural enemies of the pests themselves (Cardinan, 2009). Another way to control fruit flies that is now a lot is done is to use traps with a compound or attractant. Atraktan which is often used is methyl eugenol which can attract male fruit flies. Syamsudin et al. (2010) stated that Methyl Eugenol was effective as atractant for male fruit flies. One of the sources of Eugenol's methyl is the basil plant. The burnt of oil is basil against fruit flies not much different compared to chemical attractants namely petrogenol and other materials that are attractant (Susanto & Syamsudin, 2008). Devotional activities in Sukawangi Village, Pamulihan Subdistrict, Sumedang Regency, West Java Province include: 1) lecture and discussion 2) Training 3) Installation of Observation of Currency Results 4) Evaluation and monitoring
Application of appropriate technology, the implementation of social care activities in the form of education / counseling / mentoring
Chili farmers do not know that one of the main pests of chili is fruit flies and controls carried out until now it is not optimal because the control has not been carried out simultaneously, the dose is not proper, the type and installation of traps is not right.