Coffee
is an agricultural commodity that is of great economic importance to Indonesia.
One factor contributing to declining coffee productivity is the presence of
weeds growing alongside coffee plants. Herbicides are chemicals widely used to
suppress weed growth. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of
paraquat dichloride herbicide in suppressing weed growth in unproductive
Arabica coffee plantations and to assess its phytotoxicity on coffee plants.
The study was conducted from November 2024 to January 2025 in Tanjungkarya
Village, Samarang Subdistrict, Garut Regency, West Java Province. The
treatments consisted of five doses of paraquat dichloride: 2.25 l/ha, 3.00
l/ha, 3.75 l/ha, 4.50 l/ha, and 5.25 l/ha, and were compared with manual
weeding and a control (without control). The study used a Randomized Block
Design with 4 replications. Based on the results, it was found that paraquat
dichloride at a dose of 2.25 l/ha was effective in suppressing the growth of
total weeds, including the dominant weeds Synedrella nodiflora, Setaria
verticilata, and Cynodon dactilon, up to 8 weeks after application, and did not
cause phytotoxicity in the coffee plants that had not yet produced fruit.
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