Claim · model-written summary
At 2.0 ml per 20 g cowpea seeds, Moringa root oil caused 98.1% beetle mortality versus 89.9% with Dichlorvos.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Treatment
- Moringa roots oil extract at 2.0 ml per 20 g cowpea seedse0
- Interactor
- Callosobruchus maculatus
Callosobruchus maculatuse1peste0 - Outcome
- mortalitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 98.1%e0
- Qualifier
- 89.9%e0
- Comparator
- Dichlorvose0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSetting
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Verbatim
e0“Moringa roots oil extract at 2.0 ml per 20 g cowpea seeds resulted in significantly (P<0.05) higher mortality of 98.1% compared with Dichlorvos (89.9%).”
t0“cowpea beetle”
e1“cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus)”
Title
Essential oil extract from Moringa oleifera roots as cowpea seed protectant against cowpea beetle
O.Y. Alabi; M.M. Adewole African Crop Science Journal 2017. doi:10.4314/acsj.v25i1.5
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Intervention effect Topical 2.0 ml root extract caused 100% adult beetle mortality at 72 hours versus 99.2% with Dichlorvos.
- Intervention effect The 0.5 ml extract treatment had 7.5 eggs laid versus 20.8 with Dichlorvos.
- Intervention effect The 1.0 ml extract treatment had 8.0 eggs laid versus 20.8 with Dichlorvos.
- Intervention effect The 1.5 ml extract treatment had 11.8 eggs laid versus 20.8 with Dichlorvos.
- Intervention effect The 2.0 ml extract treatment had 6.5 eggs laid versus 20.8 with Dichlorvos.
- Intervention effect At 0.5 ml extract, 20.3 adults emerged versus 37.0 with Dichlorvos.
- Intervention effect At 1.0 ml extract, 15.5 adults emerged versus 37.0 with Dichlorvos.
- Intervention effect At 1.5 ml extract, 11.8 adults emerged versus 37.0 with Dichlorvos.
- Intervention effect At 2.0 ml extract, 9.0 adults emerged versus 37.0 with Dichlorvos.
- Association Oviposition was dose dependent under the root extract treatments.
- Association Contact toxicity was dose dependent under the root extract treatments.
- Association Mortality was dose dependent under the root extract treatments.
- Intervention effect Higher extract concentrations significantly protected cowpea seeds against beetle damage.
- Intervention effect Seed weight loss did not differ significantly under extract treatment.
- Observation Cowpea seeds coated with Moringa root oil germinated normally.