Garut Orange

Garut orange, a typical flora Garut and also one of the characteristics and identity in the eyes of Garut other cities. Arrowroot is known as a center for producing and sellers of fruits, especially oranges in West Java and Indonesia. This is also confirmed by the Minister of Agriculture Decree No. 760/KPTS.240/6/99 dated June 22, 1999 on the Main Page Orange Oranges have been designated as National superior variety with the name Orange Keprok Garut I. Determination is basically shows that Orange is one of Garut national flagship agricultural commodities that must be maintained and improved the quality and quantity of production.

The following classification of the species Citrus or Orange Keprok Main Page Main Page I scientifically:

Common name

Indonesia: Orange arrowroot, lemon siam

English: King orange, tangerine orange

Philippines: Dalanghita

China: Gan, chen pi

2. Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)

Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (vascular plants)

Super Division: Spermatophyta (seed Produce)

Division: Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)

Class: Magnoliopsida (dashed two / dikotil)

Sub Class: Rosidae

Order: Sapindales

Family: Rutaceae (orange-tribe jerukan)

Genus: Citrus

Species: Citrus nobilis Lour

It has long, orange Garut has become popular and Garut trademark. Therefore, in accordance with Local Government. 9 In 1981, tangerine has been used as components of regional symbols Garut. Apart from being the hallmark of Garut fruit, citrus is a commodity sub-sectors of food crops that have a bright prospect with a high economic value.

As a typical regional commodities, Citrus Garut have a high chance to be developed because of the comparative and competitive as well as the opportunity is still wide open. With the various efforts made to improve the quality and quantity of production, Citrus Garut will be able to compete with similar products both at the national level as well as the Orange l Medan, Pontianak Oranges and orange imports such as Mandarin Oranges and orange New Zealand.

Investment in commodities is prospective and could provide the economic added value is high enough for both farmers and investors. Of the feasibility study conducted in 1997 showed, for the citrus area of ​​1 ha (about 500 trees) will give a real advantage in the 4th year of Rp 39,966,000.00

As a regional center for citrus production, Garut Government, supported by relevant parties continue to strive to improve the quantity and quality of production. Currently there is no source that reported the specific capacity of mandarin. According to the citrus growers who contacted the garut.go.id, in its heyday, citrus-producing areas is the best Garut Cigadog, Wanaradja which now goes into the District Sucinaraja. Acknowledge the source of the Orange glory Garut destroyed when the area covered with the ashes of the eruption of Mount Galunggung a thickness up to 1 meter more.

It should be recognized that the first triumph of Orange Main Page can not be felt fully present. As an illustration of its power, at the end of 1987 the population was still recorded 1.3 million citrus trees spread over an area of ​​approximately 2600 hectares, with production quantities produced approximately 26,000 tons / year. However, over the next 5 years later, the population declined drastically. At the end of 1992 approximately 52 000 live trees. So it is not surprising that today, we do not see a row of orange seller Bandung along Main Page - Main Page, or we will not find on a bus hawkers who peddle oranges original Index.php ..

Declining population in extreme Garut oranges are preferred because the disease attacks citrus vein phloem degeneration (CVPD) derived from a bacteria (not viruses) called lybers bacterial aniaticum. Based on the results of research by Japanese investigators, French, and LIPI known that bacteria that eat citrus crop is not transmitted through seed or soil taken from diseased citrus plants, but is transmitted through a kind of insect citrus psyllid (diaphorina citry). Orange fleas transmit the disease by sucking fluid of diseased leaves, lime leaves and sucking sound. Now it was just how effectively eradicate insect-borne disease is not spread so widely.

Disclosure of the source of the disease, making Garut regency definite step in the rehabilitation efforts that salahsatunya Garut citrus production development efforts at the site nonendemis .. Garut regency and the efforts of the farmers were slowly but surely is beginning to show results. Now, it has been re-planted over 400,000 trees of orange, or approximately 40% of the target over an area of ​​1,000 ha scattered in the District Samarang, Pasirwangi, Bayongbong, Cisurupan, Cilawu, Karangpawitan, Pameungpeuk, Cikelet, Cisompet, and Cibalong. Hopefully this effort will restore back to productivity as one of Orange Garut Garut identity.

from: garutkab.go.id