Ainun Najih, Heru Kuswanto, Yudist Prasetyo Rahmat, Anggi Nur Cahyani
This study aimed to determine the effect of owl sound frequency, the sound of crickets and their combination of rat reactions. In this study, each of three frequencies was used for the sound of owls, crickets and a combination of both 8000 Hz, 16000 Hz, and 48000 Hz, then three rats were given the same treatment beforehand. The results showed the combination of owls' voices and cricket sounds cause mice more reactive than owls or cricket sounds, the higher sound frequency given, the greater effect on rat reactions, where as the best results are obtained from the combined sound of owls and cricket sounds at a frequency of 48000 Hz give a reaction to rats number one with a distance of movement as far as 26 cm with a time of 18.3 seconds and in rats number three reaching a distance of 21 cm with a time of 21.6 seconds. Based on the results of these study it can be said that the combined sound of owls and the sound of crickets can be used as an alternative for farmers to keep plants from mice disruption both in rice fields and on plantations. © 2019 Author(s).
Science Education Department, Postgraduate Program, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia
