Claim · model-written summary
Maize grain treated with 75 ml/kg Ostegia integrifolia extract had 26.7% holes.
- Treatment
- 75 ml/kg extracts of O. integrifoliae0
- Interactor
- Sitophilus zeamais
Sitophilus zeamaise1pest - Outcome
- Percentage holese0
- Value
- 26.7%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.


Verbatim
e0“Percentage holes was high in the control (70%) followed by 75 ml/kg extracts of O. integrifolia (26.7%)”
e1“Sitophilus zeamais (maize weevil) damages maize”
Title
Mastewal Alehegn; Destaw Damtie; Melaku Wale; et al. Ethiopian Journal of Science and Technology 1970. doi:10.4314/ejst.v13i2.5
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- Intervention effect Juniperus procera leaf extract caused 96.6% maize weevil mortality.
- Intervention effect Phytolacca dodecandra leaf extract caused 96.4% maize weevil mortality.
- Intervention effect Eucalyptus globulus extract at 50 and 75 ml/kg killed all maize weevils.
- Intervention effect Juniperus procera extract at 75 and 100 ml/kg killed all maize weevils.
- Intervention effect Phytolacca dodecandra extract at 75 and 100 ml/kg killed all maize weevils.
- Intervention effect Sansevieria trifasciata extract at 75 and 100 ml/kg killed all maize weevils.
- Observation Untreated control maize weevil mortality was 23.3%.
- Observation Untreated control maize grain lost 7.8% weight.
- Intervention effect Maize grain treated with 75 ml/kg Ostegia integrifolia extract lost 5.9% weight.
- Observation Seventy percent of control maize grains had holes.
- Intervention effect Germination was high in maize grains treated with 50 and 75 ml/kg Juniperus procera extract.
- Intervention effect Germination was high in maize grains treated with 50 and 75 ml/kg Eucalyptus globulus extract.
- Intervention effect Germination was high in maize grains treated with 50 and 75 ml/kg Sansevieria trifasciata extract.
- Intervention effect Germination was high in maize grains treated with 50 and 75 ml/kg Phytolacca dodecandra extract.
- Recommendation The authors recommend 75 and 100 ml/kg Juniperus procera extract for maize weevil control, noting allelopathy at 100 ml/kg.
- Recommendation The authors recommend 75 and 100 ml/kg Eucalyptus globulus extract for maize weevil control, noting allelopathy at 100 ml/kg.
- Recommendation The authors recommend 75 and 100 ml/kg Sansevieria trifasciata extract for maize weevil control, noting allelopathy at 100 ml/kg.
- Recommendation The authors recommend 75 and 100 ml/kg Phytolacca dodecandra extract for maize weevil control, noting allelopathy at 100 ml/kg.