Efficiency of botanical extract against maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky, 1855) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

• Authors: Sujata Khanal , Ashna Adhikari , Ankit Tiwari , Narendra Bahadur Singh , Roshan Subedi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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With the objective of studying the efficiency of locally available botanical extract on maize weevil, a lab experiment was conducted from Feb 3 to Feb 20 2017, at the entomology lab of Gokuleshwor Agriculture and Animal Science College, Gokuleshwor, Baitadi. The design setup was that of a completely randomized design, with 10 treatments, each treatment was replicated thrice. Two varieties of maize local and a commercial hybrid were treated with five locally available botanical extracts, i.e. Acorous, Rittha, Neem, Asuro and wood ash to examine the efficiency of these on maize weevil. One kilogram of maize grains adjusted to 14% MC was placed in 20 cm high × 8 cm diameter plastic buckets. 10 gram of the powdered botanical pesticides of each of the test materials was then thoroughly mixed with the grains in each bucket. The mortality rate was recorded at 24 hours interval. Herein, Acorous showed the highest mortality rate in both local and hybrid varieties. The order of efficiency was found to Bhojo, Ritha, Ash, Neem and Asuro.

Keywords

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Acorous; Biopesticides; Sitophilus oryzae; Sitophilus zeamais; Zea mays; maize; storage pest

Discipline

• AGRICULTURE: AGRICULTURE

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 24
• Pages: 1-8

Contributors

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Sujata Khanal

• Tribhuvan University, Institutes of Agriculture and Animal Science, Gokuleshwor College, Gokuleshwor, Baitadi, Nepal

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Ashna Adhikari

• Tribhuvan University, Institutes of Agriculture and Animal Science, Gokuleshwor College, Gokuleshwor, Baitadi, Nepal

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Ankit Tiwari

• Tribhuvan University, Institutes of Agriculture and Animal Science, Gokuleshwor College, Gokuleshwor, Baitadi, Nepal

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Narendra Bahadur Singh

• Tribhuvan University, Institutes of Agriculture and Animal Science, Gokuleshwor College, Gokuleshwor, Baitadi, Nepal

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Roshan Subedi

• Tribhuvan University, Institutes of Agriculture and Animal Science, Lamjung Campus, Lamjung, Nepal

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