COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF LOCALLY ABUNDANT BOTANICALS AGAINST RED FLOUR BEETLE, TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (HERBST.) IN STORED RICE.

Autor: Mariadoss, A., Umamaheswari, S.
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Zdroj: Journal of Experimental Zoology India; Jul2022, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p2025-2028, 4p
Abstrakt: Rice is a chief cereal crop in India next to wheat crop. Rice grains forms the staple food for Indians. Rice grains under storage are attacked by several insect pests. Among different insects infesting stored rice grains. the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum cause substantial damage as secondary storage pest. The comparative efficacy of different botanicals that have local abundancy were studied against Tribolium castaneum in rice grains. Significantly higher adult mortality of T. castaneum (84.00%) with Annona 5 g / 100 g rice grains dose followed by 3 g / 100 g rice grains dose (75.23%), which was on par with neem 5 g / 100 g rice grains (73.06%) was observed. The treatment with kurumbi 1 g / 100 g rice grains exhibited least efficacy (25.24% adult mortality), which was found to be on par with papaya 1 g / 100 g rice grains (27.98%) and vavilli (1 g /100 g rice grains (28.07%) treatments. Comparatively, Annona 5 g/100 g rice grains dosage was effective against Tribolium castaneum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index